Why

Alpine node Docker images do not provide tooling such as git or openssh. I often found myself in need of those applications so I created a new base image that provides these tools by default while still enjoying the Alpine flavour.

Installed tools/applications

The following are installed using the package manager:

• git
• bash
• openssh
• ca-certificates

Supported platforms

These images support the same platforms as as the node:alpine images:

$ docker run --rm mplatform/mquery octopixell/node-alpine-toolbox:node-lts
Image: octopixell/node-alpine-toolbox:node-lts (digest: sha256:dcfec08c45ba4a9e8329bd6a466aeda24dcc3141fa24bd6f46167c53c79b336c)
 * Manifest List: Yes (Image type: application/vnd.docker.distribution.manifest.list.v2+json)
 * Supported platforms:
   - linux/amd64
   - linux/arm/v6
   - linux/arm/v7
   - linux/arm64
   - linux/s390x

Available image tags

Tag	Base Image	Image size
node-16	node:16-alpine
node-18	node:18-alpine
node-20	node:20-alpine
node-22	node:22-alpine
node-lts	node:lts-alpine