dev-images

A collection of minimal, ready-to-use Docker images with essential CLI tools for developers (amd64 and arm64).

Image	OS	CMD
alpine	alpine 3.21	docker run -it --rm tgotwig/alpine
node 23.5.0	alpine 3.21	docker run -it --rm tgotwig/node fish
ubuntu	ubuntu 24.04	docker run -it --rm tgotwig/ubuntu

📃 List of commands which should be everywhere (click me)

Command	Note	Sample
asdf	For installing programming languages.
cc	For compiling C code.
curl
fish	Bash replacement with lots of auto-completions.
git
ip	For getting host IPs.	ip a
jq
less
mediainfo
micro
nc	For chatting or to check if port is open.	nc -zv <host> <port>
nmap
nslookup	For getting IPs from dns name.	nslookup github.com <alt-dns-server>
ping
starship	For making the terminal prompt pretty 😊
task	For having a task runner.
tree		tree <folder>
wget	For downloading files.	wget <url>
z	For jumping into previously visited folders.	z <part-of-folders-path>

Implementation status

Command	Alpine	Node	Ubuntu
asdf	❌	❌	✅
cc	❌	❌	❌
curl	✅	✅	✅
fish	✅	✅	✅
git	❌	❌	✅
ip	✅	✅	✅
jq	❌	❌	❌
less	❌	❌	❌
mediainfo	❌	❌	❌
micro	❌	❌	❌
nc	✅	✅	✅
nmap	❌	❌	✅
nslookup	✅	✅	✅
ping	✅	✅	✅
starship	✅	✅	✅
task	❌	❌	✅
tree	❌	❌	❌
wget	✅	✅	✅
z	✅	✅	✅

Commands which look different:

• nc
• nslookup
• ping
• wget