genuinetools/img

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3989 stars · 232 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

img is a standalone, daemon-less, unprivileged CLI tool for building Dockerfile- and OCI-compatible container images, built on top of BuildKit. It mirrors the docker build/tag/push/pull command UX while running without a Docker daemon or root privileges.

Use cases

• build container images without a docker daemon
• build docker images as an unprivileged user
• build container images securely inside kubernetes
• replace docker build in CI scripts with a rootless builder
• push and pull OCI images from a registry without docker
• unpack a container image to a rootfs

When to choose

• you need rootless, daemon-less image builds on Linux
• you want BuildKit's cache efficiency and concurrent stage execution without running dockerd
• you're building images inside Kubernetes without mounting the docker socket
• you want a drop-in replacement for docker build/tag/push commands

When to avoid

• you need full Docker feature parity like docker run or compose
• you're on macOS or Windows without a Linux environment
• you want a tool with frequent updates and large active community
• you already use podman or buildah for rootless builds

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

build-tool cli container-runtime developer-tools developer-tools cloud-computing cli go container-images rootless daemonless buildkit oci dockerfile unprivileged containers devops linux docker kubernetes

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