Which Ubuntu tag is smallest?
ubuntu:24.04 is the smallest of the tags we measured: 81 MB unpacked and a 30 MB download on amd64, against 113 MB and 42 MB for ubuntu:26.04, 1.4× smaller. The tag with the fewest known vulnerabilities is ubuntu:24.04 (26, 0 critical or high).
Tags at a glance
| Image | Size (compressed, amd64) | Unpacked | Base OS | Layers | Packages | Vulnerabilities | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu:26.04 | 42 MB | 113 MB | Ubuntu 26.04 | 2 | 98 | H 4M 48L 5 | 3 days ago |
| ubuntu:24.04 | 30 MB | 81 MB | Ubuntu 24.04 | 1 | 92 | M 22L 4 | 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.