Reviving Open Source Giants: How I Brought Weave Scope Back with Multi-Platform Docker Support in One Afternoon Using Antigravity

Description and use

The author revived Weave Scope, modernized its build system, and produced multi‑arch Docker images in one afternoon using Antigravity.

Problem

Weave Scope was archived, its build system tied to x86_64, and could not be built on ARM architectures, leaving the community without a modern, multi‑arch container image.

Outcome

The project is revived with a modern CI pipeline and multi‑arch Docker images, enabling deployment on both x86_64 and ARM64 infrastructure.

Workflow

• 1. Clone the archived repo and create a fork.
• 2. Use Antigravity to analyze the repo and identify build blockers.
• 3. Update dependencies and fix C bindings for cross‑compilation.
• 4. Refactor the Dockerfile into a multi‑stage build using docker buildx.
• 5. Build and push multi‑arch images to Docker Hub.
• 6. Verify the image works on ARM and amd64 hosts.

Evidence

The entire journey took a single afternoon and a few tokens thanks to Antigravity.

Source

The project is back to life at github.com/mario-ezquerro/scope with multi-arch Docker images live on Docker Hub.

Source