SlimToolkit
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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) observed · 2026-09-29
Health v2 · maintenance only
66/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4059
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 31
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
23417 stars · 843 forks observed · 2026-09-29
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-12, confidence 0.97
Slim (formerly DockerSlim) is an open‑source CLI toolkit that minifies container images without altering their functionality, often reducing size by up to 30×. It also provides security hardening, inspection, and debugging capabilities for Docker and other OCI‑compatible containers.
Use cases
- reduce the size of a Docker image to speed up deployments
- shrink container images for edge or IoT devices with limited storage
- hardening container images by applying seccomp and AppArmor profiles
- inspect and debug container layers before and after minification
- automate image optimization in CI/CD pipelines
- prepare minimal base images for serverless or function‑as‑a‑service platforms
- compare original and optimized images to verify functionality
When to choose
- you need a free, open‑source solution to dramatically reduce container image size
- you want to keep the original image unchanged while producing a smaller copy
- you require built‑in security profiling (seccomp, AppArmor) during optimization
- your workflow runs on Linux/macOS/Windows and uses Docker or OCI runtimes
When to avoid
- you need full control over every layer of the image build process (e.g., custom multi‑stage builds)
- your containers rely on runtime features that Slim cannot preserve after minification
- you require a GUI or web‑based interface for image optimization
- you are using container runtimes not supported by Slim (e.g., Podman without Docker compatibility)
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
container-runtime security cli security windows cli image-minification container-size-reduction cnbf-sandbox go open-source image-optimization devops containers linux macos docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/slimtoolkit/slim · fetched 2026-09-29 · 4989ef3e8649
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| slimtoolkit/slim | main | 66 |
| slimtoolkit/examples | examples | 32 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="slimtoolkit/slim")
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