nats

NATS server for high-throughput cloud-native messaging and JetStream persistence. Shell-less Go binary, signed with SLSA provenance, rebuilt daily.

Vulnerabilities
None
Compressed size
7.1 MB
Architectures
amd64, arm64
Default user
nats (65532)
Last built
today
Upstream
nats.io

Pull this image

docker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:latest
Repository
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats
Digest
sha256:04c09aab0204d265a2b4c1d035f7d9c378c78b96ba63e0596181c588a27565b2
Built at
2026-11-12T08:38:50Z
Primary package
nats-server
Entrypoint
/usr/bin/nats-server
User
nats (65532)
Working dir
/
Architectures
x86_64, aarch64
Environment
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
Labels
org.opencontainers.image.titleminimal-nats
org.opencontainers.image.descriptionHardened shell-less NATS Server image built from source via melange with daily CVE patches
org.opencontainers.image.urlhttps://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal
org.opencontainers.image.sourcehttps://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/tree/main/images/nats
org.opencontainers.image.licensesApache-2.0
TagPullPublished
2 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2 2026-11-12
2.15 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15 2026-11-12
2.15.3-r0 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0 2026-11-12
2.15.3-r0-20261112 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0-20261112 2026-11-12
latest ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:latest 2026-11-12
2-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2-dev 2026-11-12
2.15-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15-dev 2026-11-12
2.15.3-r0-20261112-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0-20261112-dev 2026-11-12
2.15.3-r0-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0-dev 2026-11-12
latest-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:latest-dev 2026-11-12
2.15.2-r0-20261111-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261111-dev 2026-11-11
2.15.2-r0-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-dev 2026-11-11
2.15.3-r0-20261111 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0-20261111 2026-11-11
2.15.3-r0-20261111-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.3-r0-20261111-dev 2026-11-11
2.15.2-r0 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0 2026-11-11
2.15.2-r0-20261111 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261111 2026-11-11
2.15.2-r0-20261110 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261110 2026-11-10
2.15.2-r0-20261110-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261110-dev 2026-11-10
2.15.2-r0-20261108 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261108 2026-11-08
2.15.2-r0-20261108-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261108-dev 2026-11-08
2.15.2-r0-20261107 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261107 2026-11-07
2.15.2-r0-20261107-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261107-dev 2026-11-07
2.15.2-r0-20261106 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261106 2026-11-06
2.15.2-r0-20261106-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261106-dev 2026-11-06
2.15.2-r0-20261105 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261105 2026-11-05
2.15.2-r0-20261105-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261105-dev 2026-11-05
2.15.2-r0-20261104 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261104 2026-11-04
2.15.2-r0-20261104-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261104-dev 2026-11-04
2.15.2-r0-20261029 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261029 2026-10-29
2.15.2-r0-20261029-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261029-dev 2026-10-29
2.15.2-r0-20261027 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261027 2026-10-27
2.15.2-r0-20261027-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.2-r0-20261027-dev 2026-10-27
2.15.1-r0 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0 2026-10-27
2.15.1-r0-20261027 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261027 2026-10-27
2.15.1-r0-20261027-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261027-dev 2026-10-27
2.15.1-r0-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-dev 2026-10-27
2.15.1-r0-20261026-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261026-dev 2026-10-26
2.15.1-r0-20261026 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261026 2026-10-26
2.15.1-r0-20261025 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261025 2026-10-25
2.15.1-r0-20261025-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261025-dev 2026-10-25
2.15.1-r0-20261024-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261024-dev 2026-10-24
2.15.1-r0-20261024 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261024 2026-10-24
2.15.1-r0-20261023 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261023 2026-10-23
2.15.1-r0-20261023-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261023-dev 2026-10-23
2.15.1-r0-20261022 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261022 2026-10-22
2.15.1-r0-20261022-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261022-dev 2026-10-22
2.15.1-r0-20261021 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261021 2026-10-21
2.15.1-r0-20261021-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261021-dev 2026-10-21
2.15.1-r0-20261020 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261020 2026-10-20
2.15.1-r0-20261020-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261020-dev 2026-10-20
2.15.1-r0-20261019 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261019 2026-10-19
2.15.1-r0-20261019-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261019-dev 2026-10-19
2.15.1-r0-20261018 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261018 2026-10-18
2.15.1-r0-20261018-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261018-dev 2026-10-18
2.15.1-r0-20261016 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261016 2026-10-16
2.15.1-r0-20261017 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261017 2026-10-16
2.15.1-r0-20261016-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261016-dev 2026-10-16
2.15.1-r0-20261017-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261017-dev 2026-10-16
2.15.1-r0-20261015 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261015 2026-10-15
2.15.1-r0-20261015-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261015-dev 2026-10-15
2.15.1-r0-20261014 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261014 2026-10-14
2.15.1-r0-20261014-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:2.15.1-r0-20261014-dev 2026-10-14

The resolved SBOM isn't available for this build yet — showing the packages requested in the apko build recipe (without resolved versions). The full SBOM appears after the next scheduled build.

wolfi-baselayoutnats-serverca-certificates-bundle

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-nats:latest --owner rtvkiz

Cosign signature

cosign verify \
  --certificate-identity-regexp='https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer='https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
  ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-nats:latest

SBOM 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-nats:latest \
  | jq -r '.payload | @base64d | fromjson | .predicate'

Signatures are logged in the public Rekor transparency log.

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