Which nginx tag is smallest?
nginx:1.30-alpine-slim is the smallest of the tags we measured: 13 MB unpacked and a 5.7 MB download on amd64, against 166 MB and 64 MB for nginx:1.30, 12.3× smaller. The tag with the fewest known vulnerabilities is nginx:1.30-alpine-slim (0, 0 critical or high).
Tags at a glance
| Image | Size (compressed, amd64) | Unpacked | Base OS | Layers | Packages | Vulnerabilities | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nginx:1.30 | 64 MB | 166 MB | Debian 13.7 (trixie) | 7 | 151 | C 1H 58M 108L 166? 9 | yesterday |
| nginx:1.30-alpine | 26 MB | 64 MB | Alpine Linux 3.24.3 | 8 | 71 | C 1H 2M 2L 44 | 3 days ago |
| nginx:1.30-alpine-slim | 5.7 MB | 13 MB | Alpine Linux 3.24.3 | 7 | 21 | ✓ 0 known | 8 days ago |
Size by tag (amd64)
Compressed (download)Unpacked (on disk)
Known vulnerabilities by tag
CriticalHighMediumLowUnknown
Download size on arm64
Compressed size of the arm64 (v8) variant, for Apple Silicon, Graviton and Ampere hosts.
Comparisons
- nginx:1.30 vs nginx:1.30-alpine
- nginx:1.30-alpine vs nginx:1.30-alpine-slim
- nginx:1.30-alpine vs httpd:2.4-alpine
- caddy:2 vs nginx:1.30-alpine
Sizes from the Docker Hub API, checked 2026-11-01. Unpacked size, files and packages measured from the amd64 image. Vulnerabilities from Trivy, database dated 2026-11-01. How we measure.