Arch Linux - Base distributions

These containers are built from ArchLinux base with active pacman sources (normal or archive).

• No additional package is installed.

The Dockerfiles are available in the fruafr/docker-archlinux Github repository

The resulting docker containers are available in the fruafr/archlinux Docker Hub

Versions History

Current

ArchLinux Version	Docker image tag	Current Version	Repo Branch
latest	docker pull fruafr/archlinux:latest	daily	latest
base	docker pull fruafr/archlinux:base	daily	base
base-devel	docker pull fruafr/archlinux:base-devel	?	base-devel

Versions History

Arch Linux is a lightweight rolling-release distribution with very detailed documentation regarding setup.

Oldest versions on docker are :

Year Released	ArchLinux Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2019	20191205	docker pull fruafr/archlinux:20191205		20191205

For this version, the keyring had to be fixed manually by refreshing the keyring and copying the new archlinux-keyring. The version 20191006 was not created.

Pull strategy

The different branches are not merged, they live as individual branches.

Manually starting

docker run \
  --tty \
  --privileged \
  --volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \
  fruafr/archlinux

Official Distro Release Information

• To pull the latest official docker version : docker pull archlinux:latest
• Docker Hub
• ArchLinux releases

Current

ArchLinux Version	Docker image tag	Current Version	Repo Branch
latest	docker pull archlinux:latest	daily	latest
base	docker pull archlinux:base	daily	base
base-devel	docker pull archlinux:base-devel	?	base-devel

Versions History

Arch Linux is a lightweight rolling-release distribution with very detailed documentation regarding setup.

Oldest versions on docker are :

Year Released	ArchLinux Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2019	20191205	docker pull archlinux:20191205		20191205
2019	20191006	docker pull archlinux:20191006		20191006

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Updated : 2025-11-15