debian-debootstrap-ports

Minimal Debian Docker images for architectures available only through Debian Ports — built with debootstrap and QEMU user-mode emulation.

Usage

Enable multi-architecture support on your Docker host (required once):

$ docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes

Then run any supported architecture from an x86_64 host:

$ docker run -it --rm urbanogilson/debian-debootstrap-ports:powerpc-forky-sid
root@urbanogilson:/# uname -a
Linux urbanogilson 6.17.0-20-generic #20~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 19 01:28:37 UTC 2 ppc GNU/Linux

Image variants

Each architecture is published in two variants:

Variant	Tag pattern	Description
full	ARCH-VERSION	Includes qemu-*-static — runs on any x86_64 host without extra setup
slim	ARCH-VERSION-slim	No QEMU binary — smaller, for use when binfmt is already registered on the host

Example tags: m68k-trixie-sid, m68k-trixie-sid-slim

Supported ports

Port	Architecture	Endianness	Description
alpha	Alpha 64-bit RISC	little	Port to the 64-bit RISC Alpha architecture.
hppa	HP PA-RISC	big	Port to Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC architecture.
loong64	LoongArch 64-bit	little	Port to the Loongson LoongArch 64-bit architecture.
m68k	Motorola 68k	big	Port to the Motorola 68k series — Sun3 workstations, Apple Macintosh, Atari and Amiga.
powerpc	PowerPC 32-bit	big	Port for Apple PowerMac, CHRP and PReP machines.
ppc64	PowerPC 64-bit	big	Port for 64-bit PowerPC systems.
sh4	SuperH	little	Port to Hitachi SuperH processors and the open-source J-Core processor.
sparc64	SPARC 64-bit	big	Port to Sun's 64-bit SPARC architecture.

All images target Debian sid (unstable) via deb.debian.org/debian-ports.

Source

Images are built from Debian other ports using debootstrap and scripts derived from moby/moby.

This project is based on multiarch/debian-debootstrap.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.