# slimtoolkit/slim

Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source)

Repository: https://github.com/slimtoolkit/slim
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slim
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, containers, security, seccomp, apparmor, minify-images, golang, go, seccomp-profile, hacktoberfest, minify, slim
Last push: 2026-08-02T15:58:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4011, "days_push": 31, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 23408, forks 840 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.809706+00:00)

## What it is
SlimToolkit is a CLI tool that inspects, optimizes, and debugs container images, minifying them by up to 30x without changing the application inside. It also generates security profiles (seccomp, AppArmor) and provides commands like xray, lint, build, and debug for container workflows.

## Use cases
- shrink my docker image size
- generate seccomp profile for my container
- analyze what's inside a container image
- make my container more secure
- lint my dockerfile
- debug a running container

## When to choose
- you want to dramatically reduce container image size without rebuilding your app
- you need security profiles like seccomp or AppArmor generated automatically
- you want to inspect and understand container image contents
- you're optimizing images for faster deploys and smaller attack surface

## When to avoid
- you need to modify application code or dependencies inside the image
- your container runs highly dynamic workloads that static analysis can't trace
- you need a GUI-based container management tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: container-runtime, security, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: security, developer-tools
- platform: cli, go
- tags: docker-image-minification, container-optimization, seccomp, apparmor, image-analysis, cncf-sandbox, containers, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- slimtoolkit/slim (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.809706+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 2026-08-29T16:56:29.231987+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/slimtoolkit/slim (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.809706+00:00, sha 4989ef3e8649)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.