tklx/base repository overview

A super slim root filesystem specifically designed to be used as a base image for application container⁠ images.

Based on Debian GNU/Linux⁠, the rootfs.tar.xz weighs in at only 12MB, and has access to largest GNU/Linux software repository with over 56,800 packages⁠.

⁠Features

• Based on Debian GNU/Linux (why debian?⁠).
• Runtime agnostic (use with Docker⁠, CoreOS rkt⁠, etc.).
• Built from scratch specifically for container usage.
• Smallest Debian based image as far as we know.
• Comfortable interactive⁠ terminal (colorized, promptpath).
• Convenience apt-clean⁠ script to clean cache and optionally docs/locales.

⁠Usage (Docker)

docker pull tklx/base:0.1.1
docker run -it tklx/base:0.1.1 /bin/bash

⁠Dockerfile

FROM tklx/base:0.1.1
RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install PACKAGES && apt-clean --aggressive
ENTRYPOINT ["something"]

⁠Status

Currently on major version zero (0.y.z). Per Semantic Versioning⁠, major version zero is for initial development, and should not be considered stable. Anything may change at any time.

Source code hosted on github⁠. Release files are available here⁠.

⁠Versioning

Releases are based on Semantic Versioning⁠, and use the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented based on the following:

• MAJOR: incompatible and/or major changes, upgraded OS release
• MINOR: backwards-compatible new features and functionality
• PATCH: backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates

⁠Issue Tracker

TKLX uses a central issue tracker⁠ on GitHub for reporting and tracking of bugs, issues and feature requests.

⁠About

In case you're interested, TKLX is pronounced /tickle-ex/.

TKLX is a project by TurnKey GNU/Linux⁠. TurnKey GNU/Linux is a Debian based library of system images that pre-integrates and polishes the best free software components into ready-to-use solutions.

TurnKey was started in 2008 by Alon Swartz⁠ and Liraz Siri⁠ who were inspired by a belief in the power of free software, like science, to promote the progress of a free & humane society.