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Docker Official Image packaging for Python observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/docker-library/python · homepage · Dockerfile · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4457
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 20
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2772 stars · 1110 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

The Docker Official Image packaging repository for the `python` base image on Docker Hub. It contains the Dockerfiles and build scripts maintained by the Docker community to produce trusted Python runtime images.

Use cases

  • run python scripts in a docker container
  • base image for python web app dockerfile
  • pin a specific python version in ci
  • containerize a python application
  • slim python docker image for production
  • python runtime for kubernetes deployments

When to choose

  • you need a trusted, regularly updated Python base image for containers
  • you want official multi-architecture Python images for CI or production
  • you want reproducible Python environments across machines

When to avoid

  • you need the Python interpreter itself, not container packaging
  • you require a custom Python build with specific compile flags
  • you want a minimal distroless image not based on these official variants

Facets

infra-config · maturity stable

container-runtime developer-tools deployment developer-tools programming-languages cross-platform docker-official-image python-runtime container-base-image dockerfile devops containers docker linux

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