Base Image Tooling

Base image tooling

All prebuilt aicage base images install the same tool categories, with minor distro-specific package differences. This page summarizes what is included.

Tool groups

Group	Included tooling
Core shell/dev tools	bash, bash-completion, bats, ca-certificates, curl, dns/network tools, file, git, gnupg, jq, less, nano, netcat, openssh-client, p7zip, patch, ripgrep, rsync, tar, time, tini, tree, unzip, xz, yq, zip
Locale + user switching	locale packages, gosu
C/C++ toolchain	compiler/build toolchain, clang, cmake, gdb, lld/lldb, strace/ltrace, ninja, pkg-config, valgrind, ssl/zlib dev headers
musl toolchain	musl-based C toolchain support for Linux native/static builds; musl-gcc on Debian/Red Hat family images, native musl userspace on Alpine
Java ecosystem	latest Temurin JDK, ant, maven, protobuf compiler
Gradle	latest Gradle release
Python ecosystem	python3, pip, venv/virtualenv, python dev headers, pipx, uv
Perl	perl runtime
Ruby ecosystem	ruby, gem, bundler, ruby dev headers/tooling
Node.js ecosystem	Node.js (LTS on non-Alpine, distro package on Alpine), npm/npx, corepack (when available), xdg-utils
Go	golang/go
Rust ecosystem	rustup with minimal profile, rustc/cargo, rustfmt, clippy
Docker client tooling	Docker CLI, Compose plugin, Buildx plugin

Version policy

• JDK: latest feature release from Adoptium (Temurin).
• Gradle: current release from Gradle services.
• Node.js (non-Alpine): latest LTS release from nodejs.org.
• Rust: installed via rustup with rustfmt and clippy.
• musl support: provided via distro-native packages on Debian and Red Hat family images; Alpine already uses musl as its native libc.

Exact versions may change over time as upstream releases move.

Source of truth

Installer scripts:

• scripts/os-installers/distro/*/install/*.sh
• scripts/os-installers/generic/*.sh

Repository: aicage-image-base