# amazon-archives/aws-lambda-container-image-converter

The AWS Lambda container image converter tool (img2lambda) repackages container images (such as Docker images) into AWS Lambda function deployment packages and Lambda layers.

Repository: https://github.com/amazon-archives/aws-lambda-container-image-converter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aws-lambda-container-image-converter
Language: Go
License: MIT-0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-12-01T23:19:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2791, "days_push": 2101, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1320, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:21.754002+00:00)

## What it is
img2lambda is a Go CLI tool that repackages Docker or OCI container images into AWS Lambda function deployment packages and Lambda layers. It is now archived because AWS Lambda natively supports container images as a packaging format.

## Use cases
- convert docker image to aws lambda deployment package
- publish container image layers as lambda layers
- extract /var/task files from a container image for lambda
- deploy lambda functions from docker images with sam or serverless framework
- track lambda layer provenance back to container image digests

## When to choose
- you are stuck on an older Lambda runtime without native container image support
- you need to publish container image layers as Lambda layers with digest-based provenance tracking

## When to avoid
- you can package your function as a container image natively in AWS Lambda (supported since December 2020)
- you need a maintained or supported tool - this project is archived

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: deployment, cli, container-runtime
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: cli, windows, go
- tags: aws-lambda, docker-images, lambda-layers, serverless, archived, containers, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- amazon-archives/aws-lambda-container-image-converter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.754002+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:47:25.721315+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/amazon-archives/aws-lambda-container-image-converter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:21.754002+00:00, sha 65b3354724ce)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.