docker-library/python resource
Docker Official Image packaging for Python 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
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
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/docker-library/python · fetched 2026-08-28 · f3a4d5501b80
- homepage: https://www.python.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b9170c299def
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| docker-library/python | main | 76 |
For agents
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