# bitnami/containers

Bitnami container images

Repository: https://github.com/bitnami/containers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/containers
Homepage: https://bitnami.com
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: bitnami, containers, docker, non-root, docker-image, vmware
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:43:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1616, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4450, forks 6852 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.474569+00:00)

## What it is
The Bitnami Containers Library provides hardened, security-optimized Docker container images for hundreds of popular open-source applications, maintained by Bitnami/VMware. Images are built on Photon Linux with minimal CVEs, non-root defaults, and security metadata such as SBOMs and VEX statements.

## Use cases
- run postgres or redis in docker without building my own image
- find hardened container images with minimal CVEs for production
- deploy popular open source apps on kubernetes with bitnami images
- get SBOM and vulnerability metadata for container images
- run containers as non-root for security compliance
- self-host applications using trusted prebuilt docker images
- air-gapped deployment of open source software containers

## When to choose
- you need production-ready, regularly updated images of popular OSS applications
- you want security-hardened, non-root, minimal-CVE container images
- you use Bitnami Helm charts and want matching container images
- you need compliance artifacts like SBOMs, VEX statements, and FIPS options

## When to avoid
- you need fully open-source licensing with no commercial restrictions
- you want tiny scratch/distroless images you fully control
- you need the legacy Debian-based images (use bitnamilegacy instead)
- you only need a one-off image trivial to build yourself

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: container-runtime, security, deployment, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: security, self-hosted, cloud-computing
- platform: cloud, self-hosted
- tags: container-images, docker-images, bitnami, hardened-images, helm-charts, photon-linux, sbom, supply-chain-security, containers, devops, docker, kubernetes, linux

## Member repositories
- bitnami/containers (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.474569+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 2026-08-29T18:20:46.952560+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitnami/containers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.474569+00:00, sha 73ed05fda05a)
  - homepage: https://bitnami.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:07:45.087954+00:00, sha 0399c4b56541)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.