# Multi-platform builds — Multiple native nodes

> Using multiple native nodes provide better support for more complicated cases that QEMU can't handle, and also provides better performance.

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Using multiple native nodes provide better support for more complicated cases that QEMU can't handle, and also provides better performance.

You can add additional nodes to a builder using the --append flag.

The following command creates a multi-node builder from Docker contexts named node-amd64 and node-arm64. This example assumes that you've already added those contexts.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx create --use --name mybuild node-amd64
mybuild
$ docker buildx create --append --name mybuild node-arm64
$ docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 .
```

While this approach has advantages over emulation, managing multi-node builders introduces some overhead of setting up and managing builder clusters. Alternatively, you can use Docker Build Cloud, a service that provides managed multi-node builders on Docker's infrastructure. With Docker Build Cloud, you get native multi-platform ARM and X86 builders without the burden of maintaining them. Using cloud builders also provides additional benefits, such as a shared build cache.

After signing up for Docker Build Cloud, add the builder to your local environment and start building.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker buildx create --driver cloud &lt;ORG&gt;/&lt;BUILDER_NAME&gt;
cloud-&lt;ORG&gt;-&lt;BUILDER_NAME&gt;
$ docker build \
  --builder cloud-&lt;ORG&gt;-&lt;BUILDER_NAME&gt; \
  --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7 \
  --tag &lt;IMAGE_NAME&gt; \
  --push .
```

For more information, see Docker Build Cloud.

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