Use Alpine-based Docker images to reduce the build time and disk space usage

Many projects use Docker images for development and production purposes. The images are used as-is or used to create new ones.

In both cases the build time can be saved just by adding “-alpine” to the version, you reduce the download time so.

The size of non-Alpine-based and Alpine-based images

As a bonus, you save the disk space needed to store the image locally.