Alpine Linux: Brilliant Linux Distro

1. aports

   1 7 712 10.0 Shell

   [MIRROR] Alpine packages build scripts

   

   A nice feature of Alpine Linux is that the package repository is a relatively straightforwardly-structured git repository containing build scripts for each package:

   https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/

   It's worth reading the contributor guide[1] before signing up and providing any fixes and improvements - and from there, hopefully it's a relatively familiar workflow for many developers.

   [1] - https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_Linux:Contribute

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. zwave-js-ui

   2 22 1,215 9.5 Vue

   Full featured Z-Wave Control Panel UI and MQTT gateway. Built using Nodejs, and Vue/Vuetify

   

   I recently deployed a small fleet of Dell thin clients around my house to run zwavejs2mqtt[1] via docker. I decided to use Alpine because the machines have 2GB of ram and 8GB of eMMC storage and I figured Alpine would minimize resource usage. They're working great so far!

   [1]: https://github.com/zwave-js/zwavejs2mqtt

4. musl-cross-make

   3 5 1,557 6.5 Makefile

   Simple makefile-based build for musl cross compiler

   

   I've done the same alpine trick for static binaries but may I introduce you to musl-cross-make?

   https://github.com/richfelker/musl-cross-make

   Just burned out static toolchains that make me static binaries for all architectures gcc supports. Much like musl.cc but they suggest building your own and I do.

   I use these toolchains on debian (/ anywhere a non-ancient linux kernel runs) to make static binaries, you can too!

5. distroless

   4 136 22,729 9.4 Starlark

   🥑 Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.

   

   Why don't more people use [distroless](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless)?

   Based on debian so no musl headaches but even lighter than alpine

6. AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDesktop

   5 4 87 2.6

   Discontinued My minimalist desktop running Alpine Linux [GET https://api.github.com/repos/git-sgmoore/AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDesktop: 404 - Not Found // See: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository]

   

   I'm a big fan of Alpine Linux, and use it as a daily driver.

   Here is my Alpine Linux minimalist desktop setup.

   https://github.com/git-sgmoore/AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDeskto...

7. AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDeskto

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   I'm a big fan of Alpine Linux, and use it as a daily driver.

   Here is my Alpine Linux minimalist desktop setup.

   https://github.com/git-sgmoore/AlpineLinux-DailyDriverDeskto...

8. Jellyfin

   7 1,059 53,098 9.9 C#

   The Free Software Media System - Server Backend & API

   

   So I surveyed docker images in my personal use:

   Postgres (Docker provided - https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres): Debian (with alternates for alpine or other debian versions)

   Jellyfin (Developer provided - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile): They use an alpine build step but the final distributed image is debian

   Calibre-Web (Linuxserver provided - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/maste...): Ubuntu

   Graylog (Developer provided - https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/o...): Debian

   Vaultwarden (Developer provided - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/...): Debian (with alpine alternate available)

   For professional use, our company mandates all images used are built off a common base image, which is Ubuntu based (my previous employer was similar, but used a Red Hat based image).

9. docker-calibre-web

   8 8 1,397 8.3 Dockerfile

   

   So I surveyed docker images in my personal use:

   Postgres (Docker provided - https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres): Debian (with alternates for alpine or other debian versions)

   Jellyfin (Developer provided - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile): They use an alpine build step but the final distributed image is debian

   Calibre-Web (Linuxserver provided - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/maste...): Ubuntu

   Graylog (Developer provided - https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/o...): Debian

   Vaultwarden (Developer provided - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/...): Debian (with alpine alternate available)

   For professional use, our company mandates all images used are built off a common base image, which is Ubuntu based (my previous employer was similar, but used a Red Hat based image).

10. graylog-docker

    9 5 432 8.0 Shell

    Official Graylog Docker image

    

    So I surveyed docker images in my personal use:

    Postgres (Docker provided - https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres): Debian (with alternates for alpine or other debian versions)

    Jellyfin (Developer provided - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile): They use an alpine build step but the final distributed image is debian

    Calibre-Web (Linuxserver provided - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/maste...): Ubuntu

    Graylog (Developer provided - https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/o...): Debian

    Vaultwarden (Developer provided - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/...): Debian (with alpine alternate available)

    For professional use, our company mandates all images used are built off a common base image, which is Ubuntu based (my previous employer was similar, but used a Red Hat based image).

11. vaultwarden

    10 520 62,297 9.1 Rust

    Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

    

    So I surveyed docker images in my personal use:

    Postgres (Docker provided - https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres): Debian (with alternates for alpine or other debian versions)

    Jellyfin (Developer provided - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/blob/master/Dockerfile): They use an alpine build step but the final distributed image is debian

    Calibre-Web (Linuxserver provided - https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-calibre-web/blob/maste...): Ubuntu

    Graylog (Developer provided - https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-docker/blob/4.2/docker/o...): Debian

    Vaultwarden (Developer provided - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/blob/main/docker/...): Debian (with alpine alternate available)

    For professional use, our company mandates all images used are built off a common base image, which is Ubuntu based (my previous employer was similar, but used a Red Hat based image).

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