Which Rust tag is smallest?
rust:1-slim is the smallest of the tags we measured: 927 MB unpacked and a 327 MB download on amd64, against 1,688 MB and 602 MB for rust:1, 1.8× smaller. The tag with the fewest known vulnerabilities is rust:1-alpine (0, 0 critical or high).
Tags at a glance
| Image | Size (compressed, amd64) | Unpacked | Base OS | Layers | Packages | Vulnerabilities | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rust:1 | 602 MB | 1,688 MB | Debian 13.7 (trixie) | 5 | 455 | C 16H 445M 1481L 1833? 41 | 4 days ago |
| rust:1-slim | 327 MB | 927 MB | Debian 13.7 (trixie) | 2 | 118 | C 1H 107M 774L 837? 1 | 4 days ago |
| rust:1-alpine | 352 MB | 1,036 MB | Alpine Linux 3.24.3 | 3 | 31 | ✓ 0 known | 2 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.