Minimus ends. You don't.

Minimus Migration to RapidFort Curated Images

RapidFort provides no-cost migration assistance to Minimus customers, trial users and evaluators.

Near-zero CVE images

Keep your existing workflows

Major, minor and older versions

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Start with a Near-Zero CVE Foundation

35,000+

curated near-zero CVE images, ready to pull

Up to 99.9%

of CVEs eliminated, continuously

Up to 90%

attack surface reduction

7 / 14

day patch SLA, critical then everything else

What Changes When You Migrate to RapidFort

Area

With RapidFort

Leaving Minimus

Image updates

Continuously patched and scanned

No further updates after Oct 22, 2026

Catalog

35,000+ images, majors and minors

Operations ending

Patch commitment

7 days critical, 14 days everything else

Maintenance period ends Oct 22, 2026

Compliance evidence

FIPS-validated, STIG and CIS, FedRAMP ready

No further updated images provided

Most vulnerabilities are inherited, not written

Your applications inherit thousands of vulnerabilities from base images and open source. RapidFort eliminates them at the source, so you ship from a clean foundation.

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Browse 35,000+ Curated Images

Ubuntu

142 versions

OpenJDK

86 versions

RabbitMQ

34 versions

NGINX

92 versions

Redis

67 versions

Python

112 versions

Node.js

156 versions

HAProxy

45 versions

ASP.NET

53 versions

Alpine

78 versions

Go

89 versions

Prometheus

29 versions

Postgres

88 versions

Grafana

42 versions

ArgoCD

24 versions

Maven

41 versions

Fluent Bit

31 versions

Debian

104 versions

Why teams choose RapidFort Curated Images

Drop in, no hassle

Plug-and-play replacements that slide right into your stack.

Runs on your stack

Built on Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat and Alpine, across major versions and minors.

Scanner friendly

Rich metadata built in, compatible with every major scanner.

No vendor lock-in

Open and independent. No proprietary base, no trademark-restricted variants.

Secure by default

FIPS-validated crypto and a hardened, STIG-compliant OS out of the box.

Always up to date

Critical CVEs fixed in 7 days, everything else in 14.

Compliance ready

FedRAMP and major frameworks supported from day one.

White glove support

Dedicated customer success and hands-on implementation help.

Built for regulated and mission-critical environments

Curated Images ship hardened and validated for regulated and mission-critical environments.

NIST 800-70
FIPS 140-2
FIPS 140-3
STIG
CIS
FedRAMP
cATO
PCI DSS
CMMC
SOC 2
NIS 2
CRA
SLSA
DoD
Iron Bank
DISA

Four steps, and the heavy part is ours

Contact RapidFort

Reach out to begin planning your migration before October 22, 2026.

Pull curated images

Drop near-zero CVE images into your CI/CD pipeline, pin for pin-compatible, with no re-baselining.

Scan and prove

Scan continuously, track CVE drift, generate SBOMs and prioritize real risk.

Comply faster

Harden to NIST 800-70, validate to FIPS and auto-generate audit evidence.

58 days until Minimus shutdown
October 22, 2026 - Minimus registry goes offline.
Migrate Now ->

FREE migration support for Minimus customers, trials and evaluations.

Answers to your most common questions

What is the best alternative to Minimus container images?
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Which Linux distributions do RapidFort Curated Images support?
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Does RapidFort support FedRAMP, STIG and FIPS requirements?
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Do RapidFort images work with my existing scanner?
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Are RapidFort Curated Images FREE?
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