bellsoft/alpaquita-linux-python repository overview

⁠Alpaquita Linux Python Image

⁠What is Alpaquita Linux?

Alpaquita Linux is a lightweight operating system optimized for the deployment of cloud native applications. It is an optimal solution for running applications with various workloads and is characterized by

• Enhanced kernel performance (NUMA options, task group support, improved energy efficiency, etc.) and security (SecureBoot, signed modules, disabled modules with CVEs)
• Three additional malloc implementations: mimalloc, rpmalloc, jemalloc
• Optimized musl library (musl perf) with reworked APIs
• Base image size of 3.22MB, which is perfect for running small and performant containers
• Docker and QEMU support

Alpaquita Linux requires a small amount of resources to install and run. The extra modules and additional packages can be installed depending on the project requirements.

Alpaquita comes in two versions: one based on optimized Musl libc, and the other one on Glibc libc.

Developer and maintainer: BellSoft⁠

For documentation and support information, refer to the official page⁠.

⁠What’s in this image?

This repository contains Alpaquita Linux Stream images with Python and basic Python utilities (pip, setuptools, wheel). Our Musl Perf is 100% compatible with stock Musl, so if you have previously utilized a Musl-based system such as Alpine, the migration won’t cause any issues. In case your OS is Glibc-based and switching libc is off the table, consider Alpaquita Linux with Glibc, which is more performant than popular Glibc-based systems in some cases. For more information on Alpaquita Linux performance, refer to the comparative study overview⁠.

⁠Tags

• X.Y-glibc - specified version of Python with Glibc
• X.Y-musl - specified version of Python with Musl
• glibc - latest Python version with Glibc
• musl, latest - latest Python version with Musl

⁠License

As with all Docker images, these also contain other software, which may be distributed under other licenses.

The list of installed software components and their licenses can be retrieved by executing the apk list -I command in the image.

As for any pre-built image usage, it is the image user's responsibility to ensure that any use of this image complies with any relevant licenses for all software contained within. View license information⁠ for Python 3.