Targets Overview

Targets define where Craft publishes your release artifacts. Configure them in .craft.yml under the targets key.

Available Targets

Source control

Target	Description
GitHub	Create GitHub releases and tags
Commit on Git Repository	Push to a git repository

Package registries

Target	Description
NPM	Publish to NPM registry
PyPI	Publish to Python Package Index
Crates	Publish Rust crates
NuGet	Publish .NET packages
Ruby Gems	Publish Ruby gems
Maven	Publish to Maven Central
Hex	Publish Elixir packages
pub.dev	Publish Dart/Flutter packages
CocoaPods	Publish iOS/macOS pods
PowerShell	Publish PowerShell modules
UPM	Publish Unity packages
Homebrew	Update Homebrew formulas
MCP Registry	Publish MCP servers to the official MCP Registry

Containers, cloud, and hosting

Target	Description
Docker	Tag and push Docker images
AWS Lambda Layer	Publish Lambda layers
GCS	Upload to Google Cloud Storage
GitHub Pages	Deploy static sites
Cloudflare	Deploy static sites or Workers to Cloudflare
Vercel	Deploy a prebuilt static site to Vercel

Sentry-specific

Target	Description
Registry	Update Sentry release registry
Symbol Collector	Upload native symbols
Sentry PyPI (sentry-pypi)	Import a package into Sentry’s internal PyPI

Basic Configuration

targets:
  - name: npm
  - name: github

Per-target Options

These options can be applied to any target:

Option	Description
includeNames	Regex pattern: only matched files are processed
excludeNames	Regex pattern: matched files are skipped
id	Unique ID to reference this target with -t target[id]

Example:

targets:
  - name: github
    includeNames: /^.*\.exe$/
    excludeNames: /^test.exe$/
  - name: registry
    id: browser

Targets run in the order they are listed.

Running Specific Targets

Use the -t flag with craft publish:

# Publish to all targets
craft publish 1.2.3

# Publish to specific target
craft publish 1.2.3 -t npm

# Publish to target with ID
craft publish 1.2.3 -t registry[browser]

# Skip publishing (just merge branch)
craft publish 1.2.3 -t none