# iron-io/dockers

Uber tiny Docker images for all the things.

Repository: https://github.com/iron-io/dockers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockers
Homepage: http://www.iron.io
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-06-03T15:10:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4032, "days_push": 1552, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1591, forks 137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:08.664359+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of ultra-minimal Docker base images for many programming languages, maintained by Iron.io. It provides tiny 'dev' images for building and even smaller runtime images for running containerized workloads.

## Use cases
- find the smallest docker base image for a language
- build tiny containers for serverless workers
- reduce docker image size for CI
- run language runtimes in minimal containers
- vendor dependencies with dev images then deploy slim runtime images

## When to choose
- you need minimal Docker base images for many languages
- you run container-based workers or serverless tasks and want small images
- image pull size and startup time matter

## When to avoid
- you need full-featured images with shells, package managers, and debugging tools
- you need actively updated images for the latest language versions
- you prefer official language base images with broader community support

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: container-runtime, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: docker-images, microcontainers, minimal-images, container-base-images, devops, containers, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- iron-io/dockers (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.664359+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 2026-08-30T03:54:44.250219+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iron-io/dockers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:08.664359+00:00, sha 2fa62b0cf200)
  - homepage: http://www.iron.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:17.971104+00:00, sha d5bbe7e48da8)
  - site_page: http://dev.iron.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:25:17.980577+00:00, sha f350e11a1b82)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.