ruby

docker4.0.5glibcsupported until 2029-03-311551M pulls

Official Ruby language runtime image for building and running Ruby applications.

languages-and-frameworks

Usage

Recommended variant

docker pull ruby:4.0.5-slim

slim = Debian-based, glibc, smaller than full — good default for production

Variants

Available tags

ruby:full

ruby:slimglibc

ruby:alpinemusl

Lifecycle

Support & EOL

latest4.0.5

pull size81MB compressed

OS EOLsupported until 2029-03-31

Known issues

Gotchas

alpine variant uses musl libc, can break native extensions compiled for glibc

slim variant removes build tools — install gcc and make for gem compilation

avoid :latest in production — pulls breaking major version changes

Resources