# Debian

[Source files](https://github.com/bfren/docker-debian) (GitHub)\
[Container images](https://hub.docker.com/r/bfren/debian) (Docker Hub)

## Acknowledgements

[Debian Slim](https://hub.docker.com/_/debian) is a cut-down distribution of [Debian](https://www.debian.org) designed specifically for use in containers.

[esh](https://github.com/jirutka/esh) is a lightweight templating engine using POSIX-compatible syntax.

## Tags

*x.x and x.x.x refer to the bfren image versions.*

<table><thead><tr><th width="209.49763033175356">Debian Version</th><th>Tags</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>10 (buster)</td><td>debian10, debian10-x, debian10-x.x, debian10-x.x.x</td></tr><tr><td>11 (bullseye)</td><td>debian11, debian11-x, debian11-x.x, debian11-x.x.x</td></tr><tr><td>12 (bookworm)</td><td>debian12, debian12-x, debian12-x.x, debian12-x.x.x</td></tr><tr><td>sid</td><td>debiansid, debiansid-x, debiansid-x.x, debiansid-x.x.x</td></tr></tbody></table>

In addition, you can add `-dev` and `-beta` suffixes to access development / test builds (see Docker Hub for further details).

## Environment Variables, Packages, Cron & Templating

See [Alpine](https://docs.bfren.dev/docker/alpine).


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