BLAFS: A debloating tool for containers

What it does

Docker containers are bloated reaching 10s of GBs. We got fedup with the current state of debloating tool (there are multiple academic papers on why they suck), so we built an open-source debloating tool. Please try it and give us feedback!

• WH
  We have just released our first Debloating tool for Containers2025 · github.com · ▲5

  We have been working on tools for safe debloating of software for a few years now at the university. BLAFS is one of our first tools to release for file debloating, a bloat-aware filesystem for container debloating. It detects the files used by the container, and the debloats the container removing the unused files. The debloated containers are fully functional and can run the same workload as the original containers, but with a much smaller size and faster deployment. Check the paper for more details: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.04641

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