Which Python tag is smallest?
python:3.14-alpine is the smallest of the tags we measured: 50 MB unpacked and a 18 MB download on amd64, against 1,144 MB and 416 MB for python:3.14, 22.7× smaller. The tag with the fewest known vulnerabilities is python:3.14-alpine (8, 5 critical or high).
Tags at a glance
| Image | Size (compressed, amd64) | Unpacked | Base OS | Layers | Packages | Vulnerabilities | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| python:3.14 | 416 MB | 1,144 MB | Debian 13.7 (trixie) | 7 | 488 | C 16H 458M 1497L 1859? 41 | 4 days ago |
| python:3.14-slim | 44 MB | 124 MB | Debian 13.7 (trixie) | 4 | 106 | H 49M 62L 62? 1 | 4 days ago |
| python:3.14-alpine | 18 MB | 50 MB | Alpine Linux 3.24.3 | 4 | 49 | H 5M 2L 1 | 3 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
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.