rust:1-alpine image size, layers and vulnerabilities (2026-11-01)

docker pull rust:1-alpinerust@sha256:7e9e2d068a107a2adafd19930011178d14a78326053cd4c3a9f7ad3fd049557d

Size per platform

Compressed download size on Docker Hub for each architecture.

ppc64le367 MB
riscv64359 MB
amd64352 MB
arm64351 MB

Where the bytes go

Unpacked bytes by directory in the final amd64 filesystem.

/usr/local/rustup805 MB
/usr/libexec/gcc88 MB
/usr/bin56 MB
/usr/lib41 MB
/usr/local/cargo22 MB
/usr/lib/gcc18 MB
/usr/x86_64-alpine-linux-musl/lib1.4 MB
/bin805 kB
/lib670 kB
/usr/include252 kB

Layers

The 3 filesystem layers of the amd64 image, in build order, with each layer's compressed size and the build step that made it.

1. Base filesystem (alpine-minirootfs-3.3.9 MB
2. RUN … apk add75 MB
3. RUN set -eux; arch="$(apk --print-arc273 MB

Full build steps

3.9 MBADD alpine-minirootfs-3.24.3-x86_64.tar.gz / # buildkit
75 MBRUN /bin/sh -c apk add --no-cache ca-certificates musl-dev gcc # buildkit
273 MBRUN /bin/sh -c set -eux; arch="$(apk --print-arch)"; case "$arch" in 'x86_64') rustArch='x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupSha256='2ba97d668c06dc4b1884f2a3fa6f4cf14b9bd0c1db379af7e4f87a705ff19edd'; ;; 'aarch64') rustArch='aarch64-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupSha256='7fdbb23acf6495efee2e371580c52b365917551b4835090a225c44ac30915235'; ;; 'ppc64le') rustArch='powerpc64le-unknown-linux-musl'; rustupSha256='d0f97151d3ed165ca11c68b460cabf1b828dc605525ce68bb0ef8f62f78ac8b6'

Known vulnerabilities

0Critical0 with a fix

0High0 with a fix

0Medium0 with a fix

0Low0 with a fix

0Unknown0 with a fix

Trivy found no known vulnerabilities in the 31 packages it identified.

Packages

Alpine packages: 31

Image configuration

Base OS: Alpine Linux 3.24.3
Default user: root (no USER set; the entrypoint may still drop privileges)
Entrypoint: —
Command: /bin/sh
Exposed ports: none
Image created: 2026-10-21
amd64 digest: sha256:e15c563b25397d4172f34ebe50b3715bb9509c59e537ff58d48902571387b881

Other Rust tags

rust:11,688 MB unpacked · 602 MB downloadC 16H 445M 1481L 1833? 41 rust:1-slim927 MB unpacked · 327 MB downloadC 1H 107M 774L 837? 1

rust:1-slim vs rust:1-alpine

Platform sizes and layers: Docker Hub API, checked 2026-11-01. Unpacked size, files and SBOM: measured 2026-10-26 from digest sha256:e15c563b2539. Vulnerabilities: Trivy re-scan 2026-11-01, database 2026-11-01. Methodology.