---
title: "Variables at build time and run time - Deplo"
description: "Every resolved variable reaches the build as well as the running container, so frameworks that inline configuration at build time work with no extra toggle."
url: "https://deplo.build/features/build-time-variables"
image: "https://deplo.build/api/media/file/build-time-variables.webp"
updated: "2026-09-06"
---

# Variables at build time and run time

Every resolved variable reaches the build as well as the running container, so frameworks that inline configuration at build time work with no extra toggle.

![Variables at build time and run time](https://deplo.build/api/media/file/build-time-variables.webp)

## Why it matters

Public build-time variables are the single most common "it works locally" failure on other platforms. Here there is nothing to remember.

[Learn more](https://deplo.build/docs/guides/config/environment-variables#how-it-works)

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