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

Description and use

We revived Weave Scope by modernizing its build pipeline and creating multi‑architecture Docker images, enabling use on x86_64 and ARM64 in a single afternoon with Antigravity.

Problem

Weave Scope was archived, its build system tied to x86_64, and it could not be built for ARM architectures, leaving the project unusable on modern hardware.

Outcome

Weave Scope was revived in a single afternoon, with a modern build pipeline that produces multi‑architecture Docker images, making the tool usable on both x86_64 and ARM64 hardware.

Workflow

• 1. Cloned the archived Weave Scope repository.
• 2. Used Antigravity to analyze the repository structure and identify build blockers.
• 3. Updated dependencies and fixed cross‑compilation issues.
• 4. Refactored the Dockerfile to a multi‑stage build using docker buildx for both amd64 and arm64.
• 5. Built and pushed multi‑arch images to Docker Hub using buildx and manifest lists.
• 6. Created a new GitHub repository mirroring the updated code and published the images.

Evidence

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

Source

Multi‑arch Docker images live on Docker Hub.

Source