Architecture
Wolfi: the base distribution designed for containers
Wolfi, the kernelless distribution Chainguard announced in 2022, is now the base of Chainguard OS. Guide re-tested on 16 September 2026 on arm64: glibc 2.44, how to search its 15,119 packages with apk, SBOMs and signatures, an apko-built image, the 6-month retention policy and a comparison with Alpine and Debian slim.