OpenSuse Leap - Base distributions

These containers are built from OpenSuse Leap base with active zipper sources (normal or archive).

• No additional package is installed.

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

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

Current

This repository has multiple branches that relate to OpenSuse Leap versions.

OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	Current Version	Repo Branch
latest	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:latest	15.6	latest

Versions History (Long Term Support - LTS)

Supported versions

Year Released	OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2025	16.0	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-16.0	2027-10	16.0
2024	15.6	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-15.6	2026-04	15.6
2018	15	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-15	15.6	15

Obsolete versions

Year Released	OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2023	15.5	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-15.5	2024-12	15.5
2022	15.4	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-15.4	2023-12	15.4
2018	15.0	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-15.0	2019-12	15.0
2017	42.3	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-42.3	2019-07	42.3
2014	13.2	docker pull fruafr/opensuse:leap-13.2	2017-01	13.2

For 42.3, when installing packages, the gpg checks must be bypassed in zypper due to the 'OSS Update' repository with zypper --no-gpg-checks ref.

The containers are generated on Debian.

Pull strategy

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

Manually starting

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

Official Distro Release Information

• To pull the latest official docker version : docker pull opensuse/leap:latest
• OpenSuse - Leap - DockerHub
• OpenSuse - Archive - Docker Hub
• OpenSuse - Lifetime

Current

OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	Current version
latest	docker pull opensuse/leap:latest	15.6

Versions History (Long Term Support - LTS)

Supported versions

Year Released	OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2025	16.0	docker pull opensuse/leap:16.0	2027-10	16.0
2024	15.6	docker pull opensuse/leap:15.6	2026-04	15.6
2018	15	docker pull opensuse/leap:15	15.6	15

Obsolete versions

Some obsolete versions :

Year Released	OpenSuse Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2023	15.5	docker pull opensuse/leap:15.5	2024-12	15.5
2022	15.4	docker pull opensuse/leap:15.4	2023-12	15.4
2018	15.0	docker pull opensuse/leap:15.0	2019-12	15.0
2017	42.3	docker pull opensuse/leap:42.3	2019-07	42.3
2014	13.2	docker pull opensuse/archive:13.2	2017-01	13.2

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Updated: 2025-11-15