Alpine Linux

linux-distribution os

Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.

Release Released Security Support Latest
3.21 1 week and 1 day ago
(05 Dec 2024)
Ends in 1 year and 10 months
(01 Nov 2026)
3.21.0
(05 Dec 2024)
3.20 6 months and 3 weeks ago
(22 May 2024)
Ends in 1 year and 3 months
(01 Apr 2026)
3.20.3
(06 Sep 2024)
3.19 1 year ago
(07 Dec 2023)
Ends in 10 months
(01 Nov 2025)
3.19.4
(06 Sep 2024)
3.18 1 year and 7 months ago
(09 May 2023)
Ends in 4 months and 3 weeks
(09 May 2025)
3.18.9
(06 Sep 2024)
3.17 2 years ago
(22 Nov 2022)
Ended 3 weeks ago
(22 Nov 2024)
3.17.10
(06 Sep 2024)
3.16 2 years and 6 months ago
(23 May 2022)
Ended 6 months and 3 weeks ago
(23 May 2024)
3.16.9
(26 Jan 2024)
3.15 3 years ago
(24 Nov 2021)
Ended 1 year and 1 month ago
(01 Nov 2023)
3.15.11
(30 Nov 2023)
3.14 3 years and 6 months ago
(15 Jun 2021)
Ended 1 year and 7 months ago
(01 May 2023)
3.14.10
(29 Mar 2023)
3.13 3 years and 11 months ago
(14 Jan 2021)
Ended 2 years ago
(01 Nov 2022)
3.13.12
(09 Aug 2022)
3.12 4 years and 6 months ago
(29 May 2020)
Ended 2 years and 7 months ago
(01 May 2022)
3.12.12
(04 Apr 2022)
3.11 4 years and 12 months ago
(19 Dec 2019)
Ended 3 years ago
(01 Nov 2021)
3.11.13
(12 Nov 2021)
3.10 5 years ago
(19 Jun 2019)
Ended 3 years and 7 months ago
(01 May 2021)
3.10.9
(14 Apr 2021)
3.9 5 years and 10 months ago
(29 Jan 2019)
Ended 4 years ago
(01 Nov 2020)
3.9.6
(23 Apr 2020)
3.8 6 years ago
(26 Jun 2018)
Ended 4 years and 7 months ago
(01 May 2020)
3.8.5
(23 Jan 2020)
3.7 7 years ago
(30 Nov 2017)
Ended 5 years ago
(01 Nov 2019)
3.7.3
(06 Mar 2019)

There are several releases of Alpine Linux available at the same time. There is no fixed release cycle but rather a snapshot of edge is taken every 6 months as a release. Stable releases are supported normally for 2 years. Security fixes beyond that are on request and when patches are available.

Only the latest release gets bug fixes, prior supported releases only get security fixes.

More information is available on the Alpine Linux website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
cat /etc/alpine-release
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You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

A JSON version of this page is available at /api/alpine.json. See the API Documentation for more information. You can subscribe to the iCalendar feed at /calendar/alpine.ics.