apko

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# apko: apk-based OCI image builder\n\nBuild and publish [OCI container images](https://opencontainers.org/) built from [apk](https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Package_management) packages.\n\napko has the following key features:\n\n- **Fully reproducible by default.** Run apko twice and you will get exactly the same binary.\n- **Fast.** apko aims to build images in ms.\n- **Small.** apko generated images only contain what\u0027s needed by the application,\n  in the style of [distroless](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless).\n- **SBOM Support.** apko produces a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for images, detailing all the packages inside.\n- **Services.** apko supports using the [s6 supervision suite](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) to run multiple processes\n  in a container without reaping or signalling issues.\n\nPlease note that apko is a work in progress and details are subject to change!\n\n## Installation\n\nYou can install apko from Homebrew:\n\n```shell\nbrew install apko\n```\n\nYou can also install apko from source:\n\n```shell\ngo install chainguard.dev/apko@latest\n```\n\nYou can also use the apko container image:\n\n```shell\ndocker run cgr.dev/chainguard/apko version\n```\n\nTo use the examples, you\u0027ll generally want to mount your current directory into the container, e.g.:\n\n```shell\ndocker run -v \"$PWD\":/work cgr.dev/chainguard/apko build examples/alpine-base.yaml apko-alpine:edge apko-alpine.tar\n```\n\n## Quickstart\n\nAn apko file for building an Alpine base image looks like this:\n\n```yaml\ncontents:\n  repositories:\n    - https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.22/main\n  packages:\n    - alpine-base\n\nentrypoint:\n  command: /bin/sh -l\n\n# optional environment configuration\nenvironment:\n  PATH: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin\n```\n\nWe can build this with apko from any environment with apk tooling:\n\n```shell\napko build examples/alpine-base.yaml apko-alpine:test apko-alpine.tar\n```\n\n```\n...\n2022/04/08 13:22:31 apko (aarch64): generating SBOM\n2022/04/08 ",
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