stern

Stern tailing logs from multiple Kubernetes pods and containers at once. Shell-less Go binary, cosign-signed and SBOM-attested, rebuilt daily.

Vulnerabilities
None
Compressed size
15 MB
Architectures
amd64, arm64
Default user
nonroot (65532)
Last built
today

Pull this image

docker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:latest
Repository
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern
Digest
sha256:b4bbacc57d066d0c97fe443fb3bf9967521e4a52a7f20de0abd669545c732dd4
Built at
2026-11-12T08:16:51Z
Primary package
stern
Entrypoint
/usr/bin/stern
User
nonroot (65532)
Working dir
/
Architectures
x86_64, aarch64
Environment
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
Labels
org.opencontainers.image.titleminimal-stern
org.opencontainers.image.descriptionHardened shell-less Stern multi-pod log tail 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/stern
org.opencontainers.image.licensesApache-2.0
TagPullPublished
1 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1 2026-11-12
1.35 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35 2026-11-12
1.35.0-r0 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0 2026-11-12
1.35.0-r0-20261112 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261112 2026-11-12
latest ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:latest 2026-11-12
1-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1-dev 2026-11-12
1.35-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35-dev 2026-11-12
1.35.0-r0-20261112-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261112-dev 2026-11-12
1.35.0-r0-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-dev 2026-11-12
latest-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:latest-dev 2026-11-12
1.35.0-r0-20261111-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261111-dev 2026-11-11
1.35.0-r0-20261111 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261111 2026-11-11
1.35.0-r0-20261110 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261110 2026-11-10
1.35.0-r0-20261110-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261110-dev 2026-11-10
1.35.0-r0-20261109-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261109-dev 2026-11-09
1.35.0-r0-20261108 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261108 2026-11-08
1.35.0-r0-20261108-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261108-dev 2026-11-08
1.35.0-r0-20261107 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261107 2026-11-07
1.35.0-r0-20261107-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261107-dev 2026-11-07
1.35.0-r0-20261106 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261106 2026-11-06
1.35.0-r0-20261106-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261106-dev 2026-11-06
1.35.0-r0-20261105 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261105 2026-11-05
1.35.0-r0-20261105-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261105-dev 2026-11-05
1.35.0-r0-20261104 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261104 2026-11-04
1.35.0-r0-20261104-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261104-dev 2026-11-04
1.35.0-r0-20261029 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261029 2026-10-29
1.35.0-r0-20261029-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261029-dev 2026-10-29
1.35.0-r0-20261027-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261027-dev 2026-10-27
1.35.0-r0-20261027 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261027 2026-10-27
1.35.0-r0-20261026 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261026 2026-10-26
1.35.0-r0-20261026-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261026-dev 2026-10-26
1.35.0-r0-20261025 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261025 2026-10-25
1.35.0-r0-20261025-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261025-dev 2026-10-25
1.35.0-r0-20261024 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261024 2026-10-24
1.35.0-r0-20261024-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261024-dev 2026-10-24
1.35.0-r0-20261023 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261023 2026-10-23
1.35.0-r0-20261023-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.35.0-r0-20261023-dev 2026-10-23
1.34 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34 2026-10-23
1.34.0-r0 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0 2026-10-23
1.34.0-r0-20261023 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261023 2026-10-23
1.34-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34-dev 2026-10-23
1.34.0-r0-20261023-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261023-dev 2026-10-23
1.34.0-r0-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-dev 2026-10-23
1.34.0-r0-20261022 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261022 2026-10-22
1.34.0-r0-20261022-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261022-dev 2026-10-22
1.34.0-r0-20261021 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261021 2026-10-21
1.34.0-r0-20261021-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261021-dev 2026-10-21
1.34.0-r0-20261020-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261020-dev 2026-10-20
1.34.0-r0-20261020 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261020 2026-10-20
1.34.0-r0-20261019 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261019 2026-10-19
1.34.0-r0-20261019-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261019-dev 2026-10-19
1.34.0-r0-20261018 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261018 2026-10-18
1.34.0-r0-20261018-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261018-dev 2026-10-18
1.34.0-r0-20261016 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261016 2026-10-16
1.34.0-r0-20261017 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261017 2026-10-16
1.34.0-r0-20261016-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261016-dev 2026-10-16
1.34.0-r0-20261017-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261017-dev 2026-10-16
1.34.0-r0-20261015 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261015 2026-10-15
1.34.0-r0-20261015-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261015-dev 2026-10-15
1.34.0-r0-20261014 ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261014 2026-10-14
1.34.0-r0-20261014-dev ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-stern:1.34.0-r0-20261014-dev 2026-10-14

14 packages in the image, resolved from the SPDX SBOM.

PackageVersionLicense
alpine/ca-certificates20261020MPL-2.0 AND MIT
ca-certificates-bundle20261020-r0MPL-2.0 AND MIT
ca-certificates-bundle20261020-r0(MPL-2.0 AND MIT)
ca-certificates-bundle20261020-r0—
ca-certificates.yaml8061afafa65af5a9026707a8880e14120dd6f4a0Apache-2.0
images/stern/melange.yaml862101ee7af52b6dfb7db319fbf7c11793a3d433—
sha256:4621794217089a9f39eb533a5171cf449c26c5c9e893f4ff7ac590721f72f830sha256:4621794217089a9f39eb533a5171cf449c26c5c9e893f4ff7ac590721f72f830—
sha256:61f4f8c89a8e8984d53367fea5843227780c44853cd8b46346ce17e722c0e52620230201—
stern1.35.0-r0Apache-2.0
wolfi20230201—
wolfi-baselayout20230201-r31MIT
wolfi-baselayout20230201-r31MIT
wolfi-baselayout20230201-r31—
wolfi-baselayout.yamled415005c84750f03c4a9252137813734a224ae7Apache-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-stern: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-stern: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-stern:latest \
  | jq -r '.payload | @base64d | fromjson | .predicate'

Signatures are logged in the public Rekor transparency log.

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