Container Tools: Automating Minimal Debian Container Image Builds
2025-04-11
Container Tools is a project automating the creation of minimal Debian-based root filesystems using debootstrap. It supports customization with specific packages and configurations, and integrates security scanning for containerized environments. Easily extensible to other distros and projects, it addresses the bloat, network inefficiency, and slow iteration times of traditional Dockerfile builds. It creates lightweight, efficient container images by streamlining the build process, including only necessary components. Pre-built images with Java, Kafka, and more are available. The final output is a .tar file importable and runnable via `docker import`.