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Builders are responsible for creating machines and generating images from them
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for various platforms.
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page_title: Builders
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# Builders
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Builders create machines and generate images from those machines for various platforms. Packer also has some builders that perform helper tasks, like running provisioners.
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Packer has the following types of builders:
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- [Plugin](/packer/plugins): Each plugin has its own associated set of builders. For example, there are separate builders for EC2, VMware, VirtualBox, etc.
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- [File](/packer/docs/builders/file): The `file` builder creates an artifact from a file.
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- [Null](/packer/docs/builders/null): The `null` builder sets up an SSH connection and runs the provisioners.
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- [Custom](/packer/docs/plugins/creation/custom-builders): You can write new builders for new or existing platforms.
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- [Community-Supported](/packer/docs/builders/community-supported): The Packer community develops and maintains builders for several additional platforms.
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Refer to the [`source`](/packer/docs/templates/hcl_templates/blocks/source) block documentation to learn more about configuring builders in the Packer templating language.
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