an explicitly empty image, especially for building images "FROM scratch" ⁠FROM scratch This image is most useful in the context of building base images (such as debian⁠ and busybox⁠) or super minimal images (that contain only a single binary and whatever it requires, such as hello-world⁠). As of Docker 1.5.0 (specifically, docker/docker#8827⁠), FROM scratch is a no-op in the Dockerfile, and will n

Debian is a Linux distribution that's composed entirely of free and open-source software. ⁠Quick reference Maintained by: Debian Developers tianon⁠ and paultag⁠ Where to get help: the Docker Community Slack⁠, Server Fault⁠, Unix & Linux⁠, or Stack Overflow⁠ ⁠Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links bookworm, bookworm-20260421, 12.13, 12⁠ bookworm-backports⁠ bookworm-slim, bookworm-20260421-s

Distribution implementation for storing and distributing of container images and artifacts ⁠Quick reference Maintained by: the Docker Community⁠ Where to get help: CNCF community slack⁠, or Stack Overflow⁠ ⁠Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links 3.1.0, 3.1, 3, latest⁠ ⁠Quick reference (cont.) Where to file issues: https://github.com/distribution/distribution-library-image/issues⁠ Supported