kubectl
kubectl command-line client for managing Kubernetes clusters. Shell-less Go binary built from source, signed with SLSA provenance, rebuilt daily.
- Vulnerabilities
- None
- Compressed size
- 19 MB
- Architectures
- amd64, arm64
- Default user
- kubectl (65532)
- Last built
- today
Pull this image
docker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latestdocker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latest-devThe -dev variant adds a shell, package manager and build toolchain. For CI and debugging — not production.
- Repository
- ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl
- Digest
- sha256:6893319f125631cc560fbe07d59f5e22f5420036661865c7572d6dec2040a4a9
- Built at
- 2026-11-12T08:09:17Z
- Primary package
- kubectl
- Entrypoint
- /usr/bin/kubectl
- User
- kubectl (65532)
- Working dir
- /
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64
- Environment
- Labels
-
org.opencontainers.image.title minimal-kubectl org.opencontainers.image.description Hardened shell-less kubectl CLI built from source via melange with daily CVE patches org.opencontainers.image.url https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/tree/main/images/kubectl org.opencontainers.image.licenses Apache-2.0
- Entrypoint
- /usr/bin/kubectl
- User
- kubectl (65532)
- Working dir
- /
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64
- Environment
- Labels
-
org.opencontainers.image.title minimal-kubectl-dev org.opencontainers.image.description Dev variant of minimal-kubectl: same kubectl CLI + shell + curl/git/jq. Not for production. org.opencontainers.image.url https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/tree/main/images/kubectl org.opencontainers.image.licenses Apache-2.0 dev.minimal.variant dev
| Tag | Pull | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1 | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37 | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37.2-r0 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0 | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261112 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261112 | 2026-11-12 |
| latest | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latest | 2026-11-12 |
| 1-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1-dev | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37-dev | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261112-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261112-dev | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37.2-r0-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-dev | 2026-11-12 |
| latest-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latest-dev | 2026-11-12 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261111-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261111-dev | 2026-11-11 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261111 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261111 | 2026-11-11 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261110 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261110 | 2026-11-10 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261110-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261110-dev | 2026-11-10 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261109 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261109 | 2026-11-09 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261109-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261109-dev | 2026-11-09 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261108 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261108 | 2026-11-08 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261108-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261108-dev | 2026-11-08 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261107 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261107 | 2026-11-07 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261107-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261107-dev | 2026-11-07 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261106 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261106 | 2026-11-06 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261106-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261106-dev | 2026-11-06 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261105 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261105 | 2026-11-05 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261105-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261105-dev | 2026-11-05 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261104 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261104 | 2026-11-04 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261104-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261104-dev | 2026-11-04 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261029 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261029 | 2026-10-29 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261029-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261029-dev | 2026-10-29 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261028 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261028 | 2026-10-28 |
| 1.37.2-r0-20261028-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.2-r0-20261028-dev | 2026-10-28 |
| 1.37.1-r0 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0 | 2026-10-27 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261027 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261027 | 2026-10-27 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261027-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261027-dev | 2026-10-27 |
| 1.37.1-r0-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-dev | 2026-10-27 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261026 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261026 | 2026-10-26 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261026-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261026-dev | 2026-10-26 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261025 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261025 | 2026-10-25 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261025-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261025-dev | 2026-10-25 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261024 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261024 | 2026-10-24 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261024-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261024-dev | 2026-10-24 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261023-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261023-dev | 2026-10-23 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261023 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261023 | 2026-10-23 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261022-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261022-dev | 2026-10-22 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261022 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261022 | 2026-10-22 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261021 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261021 | 2026-10-21 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261021-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261021-dev | 2026-10-21 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261020 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261020 | 2026-10-20 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261020-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261020-dev | 2026-10-20 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261019 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261019 | 2026-10-19 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261019-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261019-dev | 2026-10-19 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261018 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261018 | 2026-10-18 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261018-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261018-dev | 2026-10-18 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261017 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261017 | 2026-10-17 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261017-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261017-dev | 2026-10-17 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261016 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261016 | 2026-10-16 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261016-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261016-dev | 2026-10-16 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261015 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261015 | 2026-10-15 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261015-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261015-dev | 2026-10-15 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261014 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261014 | 2026-10-14 |
| 1.37.1-r0-20261014-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:1.37.1-r0-20261014-dev | 2026-10-14 |
14 packages in the image, resolved from the SPDX SBOM.
| Package | Version | License |
|---|---|---|
| alpine/ca-certificates | 20261020 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20261020-r0 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20261020-r0 | (MPL-2.0 AND MIT) |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20261020-r0 | — |
| ca-certificates.yaml | 8061afafa65af5a9026707a8880e14120dd6f4a0 | Apache-2.0 |
| images/kubectl/melange.yaml | 862101ee7af52b6dfb7db319fbf7c11793a3d433 | — |
| kubectl | 1.37.2-r0 | Apache-2.0 |
| sha256:b533573b20e1e29ef0caf2055a8c7d213bc9cbb6949365cfc0ee08ad82e0d720 | sha256:b533573b20e1e29ef0caf2055a8c7d213bc9cbb6949365cfc0ee08ad82e0d720 | — |
| sha256:c037e7875a45ed428128ebc5e3d2bcfef542b24127289ab085fdce4fb3968b2d | 20230201 | — |
| wolfi | 20230201 | — |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r31 | MIT |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r31 | MIT |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r31 | — |
| wolfi-baselayout.yaml | ed415005c84750f03c4a9252137813734a224ae7 | Apache-2.0 |
Clean No known vulnerabilities in the latest scan.
Everything is verifiable without an account. Copy and run:
Build provenance (SLSA v1.0, Build L2)
gh attestation verify oci://ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latest --owner rtvkizCosign signature
cosign verify \
--certificate-identity-regexp='https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/' \
--certificate-oidc-issuer='https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latestSBOM attestation (SPDX)
cosign verify-attestation --type spdxjson \
--certificate-identity-regexp='https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/' \
--certificate-oidc-issuer='https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kubectl:latest \
| jq -r '.payload | @base64d | fromjson | .predicate'Signatures are logged in the public Rekor transparency log.
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