code0100fun/tiny-python-docker-image

The most lightweight python docker image possible

Tiny Python Docker image

The most lightweight Python 3 Docker image possible.

Possible variants

Dockerfile	Description	Size	Version
Dockerfile.scratch-minimal	Minimal Python image with almost no libraries from scratch	6.035 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.scratch-full	Smallest Python image with default libraries from scratch	24.17 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.haizaar-minimal	Stripped official Python image (haizaar/python-minimal)	37.75 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.alpine	Alpine-based	48.8 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.python-alpine	Python Alpine-based Official	51.97 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.ubuntu	Ubuntu-based	107.4 MB	3.10.12
Dockerfile.python-slim	Minimal packages needed to run python	149.4 MB	3.11.4
Dockerfile.python	Python Debian-based Official with a lot of packages	1008 MB	3.11.4

Requirements

• Docker

Usage

Building image

docker build -t python-tiny . -f <Dockerfile name>

For example:

docker build -t python-tiny . -f Dockerfile.scratch-full

Running image

docker run --rm -it python-tiny

Technologies

• Docker
• ldd (prints the shared libraries required by each program or shared library specified on the command line): used to create scratch-full and scratch-minimal images.

Related links

• https://xebia.com/blog/how-to-create-the-smallest-possible-docker-container-of-any-image/
• https://xebia.com/blog/create-the-smallest-possible-docker-container/

Related projects

• https://github.com/jfloff/alpine-python
• https://github.com/haizaar/docker-python-minimal