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	7.266 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.scratch-full	Smallest Python image with default libraries from scratch	23.19 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.haizaar-minimal	Stripped official Python image (haizaar/python-minimal)	39.04 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.alpine	Alpine-based	48.41 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.python-alpine	Python Alpine-based Official	51.73 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.ubuntu	Ubuntu-based	116.5 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.python-slim	Minimal packages needed to run python	130.2 MB	3.12.3
Dockerfile.python	Python Debian-based Official with a lot of packages	1019 MB	3.12.3

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