Alpine Linux (Docker)
JSON →Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox, designed for small and efficient containers.
Specs
recommended tag alpine:20260127
latest version 20260127
image size 4 MB
pulls 11,926,411,763
Warnings
- avoid :latest in production — pulls breaking major version changes
- uses musl libc — can break native extensions compiled for glibc
- package versions may lag behind other distributions
Dates
end of life2028-06-01
Resources
homepagealpinelinux.org/ ↗
docker hubhub.docker.com/_/alpine ↗
API
full doc /v1/docker/alpine