diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+name: main
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, main ]
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        repository:
+          - 'ghcr.io'
+          - 'docker.io'
+        python:
+          - '3.12'
+          # - '3.11'
+          # - '3.10'
+          # - '3.9'
+          # - '3.8'
+        alpine:
+          - '3.20'
+        os:
+          - 'ubuntu-latest'
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      -
+        name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      -
+        id: image_env
+        run: |
+          . ./env.sh \
+            '${{ matrix.alpine }}' \
+            '${{ matrix.python }}' \
+            '${{ github.repository_owner }}' \
+            '${{ matrix.repository }}'
+
+          docker pull "${SOURCE_IMAGE}"
+
+          echo ALPINE_VERSION="${ALPINE_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo PYTHON_VERSION="${PYTHON_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo SOURCE_IMAGE="${SOURCE_IMAGE}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_TAG}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo REPOSITORY="${REPOSITORY}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST="$(digest_of "$SOURCE_IMAGE")" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      -
+        name: Buildroot
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          platforms: |
+            linux/amd64
+            linux/arm64
+          context: "."
+          file: Dockerfile.alpine
+          target: buildroot
+          cache-from: |
+            type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot
+            type=registry,ref=docker.io/python@${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+          build-args: |
+              ALPINE_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+              BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+              PYTHON_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+              SOURCE_IMAGE=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.SOURCE_IMAGE }}
+              BUILD_ROOT=/d
+          tags: "${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot"
+      -
+        name: distroless
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          platforms: |
+            linux/amd64
+            linux/arm64
+          context: "."
+          file: Dockerfile.alpine
+          # target: distroless-python
+          cache-from: |
+              type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
+              type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot
+              type=registry,ref=docker.io/python@${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+          build-args: |
+              ALPINE_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+              BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+              PYTHON_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+              SOURCE_IMAGE=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.SOURCE_IMAGE }}
+              BUILD_ROOT=/d
+          tags: "${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}"
+      # -
+      #   name: distroless-tests
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      #   with:
+      #     context: "."
+      #     platforms: |
+      #       linux/amd64
+      #       linux/arm64
+      #     file: Dockerfile.alpine
+      #     target: tests
+      #     cache-from: |
+      #         type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
+      #         type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot
+      #         type=registry,ref=docker.io/python@${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+      #     build-args: |
+      #         ALPINE_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+      #         BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+      #         PYTHON_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      #         SOURCE_IMAGE=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.SOURCE_IMAGE }}
+      #         BUILD_ROOT=/d
+      #     tags: "${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-test"
+      -
+        name: export annotations
+        id: inspect
+        run: |
+          echo 'annotations<<EOF' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          docker inspect '${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}' | jq -r '.[].Config.Labels| keys[] as $k | "\($k)=\(.[$k])"' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"          
+          echo 'EOF' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - 
+        name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        if: ${{ matrix.repository == 'ghcr.io' }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: 'ghcr.io'
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - 
+        name: Login to DockerHub
+        if: ${{ matrix.repository == 'docker.io' }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: 'docker.io'
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      -
+        name: Upload Buildroot
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          push: true
+          platforms: |
+            linux/amd64
+            linux/arm64
+          context: "."
+          file: Dockerfile.alpine
+          target: buildroot
+          cache-from: |
+            type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot
+            type=registry,ref=docker.io/python@${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+          build-args: |
+              ALPINE_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+              BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+              PYTHON_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+              SOURCE_IMAGE=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.SOURCE_IMAGE }}
+              BUILD_ROOT=/d
+          tags: "${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot"
+
+      -
+        name: Upload
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          push: true
+          context: "."
+          platforms: |
+            linux/amd64
+            linux/arm64
+          file: Dockerfile.alpine
+          cache-from: |
+              type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}
+              type=registry,ref=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}-buildroot
+              type=registry,ref=docker.io/python@${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+          build-args: |
+              ALPINE_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.ALPINE_VERSION }}
+              BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST }}
+              PYTHON_VERSION=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+              SOURCE_IMAGE=${{ steps.image_env.outputs.SOURCE_IMAGE }}
+              BUILD_ROOT=/d
+          tags: "${{ steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_TAG }}"
+          labels: ${{steps.image_env.outputs.IMAGE_LABELS}}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+*.egg-info/
+.idea/*
+*.idx
+*.sublime-*
+*.pyc
+dist/
+.cache/
+*.dat
+.DS_Store
+python/
+.pytest_cache/
+build/*
+.pytype/*
+instruct/about.py
+python*/
+.coverage
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
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index 0000000..178fb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.20
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+ARG SOURCE_IMAGE=docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
+
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM $SOURCE_IMAGE AS buildroot
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+
+ARG BUILD_ROOT='/dest'
+ENV BUILD_ROOT=$BUILD_ROOT \
+    PYTHON_VERSION=$PYTHON_VERSION \
+    _sys_apk_add="/usr/bin/env apk add --no-cache" \
+    _apk_add="/usr/bin/env apk add --root $BUILD_ROOT --no-cache" \
+    _apk_del="/usr/bin/env apk del --root $BUILD_ROOT --purge" \
+    _sh="chroot $BUILD_ROOT sh" \
+    _ln="chroot $BUILD_ROOT ln"
+
+RUN set -eu ; \
+    # Add to buildroot:
+    $_sys_apk_add \
+        # dash is used as a /bin/sh replacement
+        dash \
+        # TLS certs
+        ca-certificates \
+        # zip is used to take all the bytecode compiled standard
+        # library and create a pythonXY.zip file that will
+        # be imported from. This makes the stdlib immutable.
+        zip \
+    ; \
+    # remove all ``__pycache__`` directories
+    find /usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION -type d -name '__pycache__' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf ; \
+    # compile all py to an adjacent pyc and remove the original, leaving only the bytecode
+    python -m compileall -b /usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION ; \
+    find -type f -name '*.py' -exec sh -c "[ -f \"{}c\" ] && echo 'Removing \"{}\"' && rm -f \"{}\"" \; ;\
+    # make the new root:
+    mkdir -p \
+        $BUILD_ROOT/etc \
+        $BUILD_ROOT/bin \
+        $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages \
+        $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/bin \
+    ; \
+    # use a symlink to hold the apk related confs
+    ln -s /etc/apk $BUILD_ROOT/etc/apk ; \
+    $_apk_add --initdb ; \
+    $_apk_add \
+        alpine-baselayout-data \
+        alpine-release \
+        musl \
+        libffi \
+        # needed for update-ca-certificates to work:
+        run-parts \
+        # install the runtime dependencies for python
+        $(apk info -R .python-rundeps | grep -vE ':$') \
+        ; \
+    cp -p /bin/busybox $BUILD_ROOT/bin/busybox ; \
+    ls -lt $BUILD_ROOT/bin/busybox ; \
+    chroot $BUILD_ROOT /bin/busybox ln -sf /bin/busybox /bin/ln ; \
+    # copy dash into the container so we can use it as the default bin/sh
+    tar -C / -cpf - $(\
+        apk info -L \
+            dash \
+            ca-certificates \
+        | grep -vE ':$' \
+        ) | tar -C $BUILD_ROOT -xpf - ; \
+    $_ln -sf /usr/bin/dash /bin/sh ; \
+    (\
+        cd /usr/local/lib && \
+        tar -C /usr/local/lib -cpf - python$PYTHON_VERSION/lib-dynload libpython*  | tar -C $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib -xpf - ; \
+        tar -C /usr/local/bin -cpf - python*  | tar -C $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/bin -xpf -; \
+        (cd python$PYTHON_VERSION && zip -9 -X $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib/python$(echo $PYTHON_VERSION | tr -d '.').zip $(\
+            find . | grep -vE "(__pycache__|^\./(test|site-packages|lib-dynload|idlelib|lib2to3|tkinter|turtle|ensurepip|pydoc))" \
+        )); \
+        cp -p python$PYTHON_VERSION/os.pyc $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/os.pyc ; \
+        touch $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/ensurepip.py ; \
+        rm $BUILD_ROOT/usr/local/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/lib-dynload/_tkinter* ; \
+    ) && \
+    $_ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python$PYTHON_VERSION /usr/local/bin/python3 && \
+    $_ln -sf /usr/local/bin/python$PYTHON_VERSION /usr/local/bin/python && \
+    rm $BUILD_ROOT/bin/ln $BUILD_ROOT/bin/busybox $BUILD_ROOT/etc/apk && \
+    rm -rf $BUILD_ROOT/var/cache/apk /usr/share/apk && \
+    # regenerate the ca-certs!
+    chroot $BUILD_ROOT update-ca-certificates
+
+
+
+FROM scratch AS distroless-python
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.20
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.12
+ARG SOURCE_IMAGE=docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
+ARG BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST
+ARG BUILD_ROOT='/dest'
+
+COPY --from=buildroot $BUILD_ROOT /
+LABEL \
+    org.opencontainers.image.authors="distroless-python image developers <autumn.jolitz+distroless-python@gmail.com>" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/autumnjolitz/distroless-python" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.title="Distroless Python ${PYTHON_VERSION} on alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.description="Distroless, optimized Python images distilled from the DockerHub official Python images. These images only have a python interpreter and the dash shell." \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.digest="${BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}" \
+    org.opencontainers.image.base.name="$SOURCE_IMAGE" \
+    distroless.python-version="${PYTHON_VERSION}" \
+    distroless.alpine-version="${ALPINE_VERSION}" \
+    distroless.base-image="alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}"
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/python" ]
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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index 0000000..41b98ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Copyright (c) 2024, Autumn Jolitz
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of the distroless-python project nor the
+      names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+      derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL DISTROLESS-PYTHON PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d4de6eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+. env.sh
+
+log="$(mktemp image.log.XXXX)"
+trap "rm -f $log" EXIT
+
+if ! >"$log" 2>&1 docker pull "$SOURCE_IMAGE"; then
+    >&2 echo 'Unable to find '"$SOURCE_IMAGE"'!'
+    >&2 cat "$log"
+    exit 4;
+fi
+
+
+BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=$(digest_of "$SOURCE_IMAGE" "$log")
+if [ "x$BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST" = 'x' ]; then
+    exit 88
+fi
+
+>&2 echo "BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}"
+
+if ! >"$log" 2>&1 docker build \
+    --build-arg "ALPINE_VERSION=${ALPINE_VERSION}" \
+    --build-arg "BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST=${BASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}" \
+    --build-arg "PYTHON_VERSION=${PYTHON_VERSION}" \
+    --build-arg "BUILD_ROOT=/d" \
+    -f Dockerfile.alpine \
+    -t "$IMAGE_TAG" \
+    . ; then
+    >&2 echo 'Unable to build '"$IMAGE_TAG"'!'
+    >&2 cat "$log"
+    exit 8;
+fi
+
+echo "$IMAGE_TAG"
diff --git a/env.sh b/env.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..034f058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -eu
+set -o pipefail
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+trim_slash() {
+    local s
+    for s in "${@:-}"
+    do
+        sed -E 's://*:/:g; s:(^/)?/*$:\1:' <<< "${s}"
+    done; 
+}
+
+ALPINE_VERSION="${1:-}"
+PYTHON_VERSION="${2:-}"
+ORG="${3:-}"
+
+if [ "x${ALPINE_VERSION}" = 'x' ]; then
+    >&2 echo 'missing ALPINE_VERSION'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "x${PYTHON_VERSION}" = 'x' ]; then
+    >&2 echo 'missing PYTHON_VERSION'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+REPOSITORY="${4:-}"
+
+if ! case $REPOSITORY in */) false ;; *) true ;; esac; then
+    # trim off the trailing slash
+    REPOSITORY="$(trim_slash "$REPOSITORY")"
+fi
+
+if ! case $REPOSITORY in docker.io*) false ;; *) true ;; esac; then
+    # ARJ: The default context _is_ docker.io
+    REPOSITORY=''
+fi
+
+IMAGE_TAG="distroless-python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}"
+if [ "x$ORG" != 'x' ]; then
+    IMAGE_TAG="${ORG}/${IMAGE_TAG}"
+fi
+
+if [ "x$REPOSITORY" != 'x' ]; then
+    IMAGE_TAG="${REPOSITORY}/${IMAGE_TAG}"
+fi
+
+SOURCE_IMAGE="docker.io/python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}"
+
+jq="$(command -v jq)"
+
+digest_of() {
+    local repo="${1:-}"
+    local log="${2:-}"
+    if [ "x$jq" = 'x' ]; then
+        >&2 echo 'jq not installed!'
+        return 101
+    fi
+    if [ "x$repo" = 'x' ]; then
+        >&2 echo 'no repo provided!'
+        return 1
+    fi
+    local workfile="$(mktemp digest_of.workfile.XXXX)"
+    if [ "x$log" = 'x' ]; then
+        log="$(mktemp digest_of.log.XXXX)"
+        trap "rm -f $log $workfile" EXIT
+    else
+        trap "rm -f $workfile" EXIT
+    fi
+    if ! 2>>"$log" docker inspect "$repo" | 2>>"$log" >"$workfile" $jq -r '.[].RepoDigests[]'; then
+        >&2 echo 'Unable to inspect '"$repo"'!'
+        >&2 cat "$log"
+        return 16
+    fi
+    local digest=$(< "$workfile")
+    if [ "x$digest" = 'x' ]; then
+        >&2 echo 'digest empty?!'
+        return 88
+    fi
+    echo "$digest"
+}
+
+>&2 echo "ALPINE_VERSION=${ALPINE_VERSION}"
+>&2 echo "PYTHON_VERSION=${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+>&2 echo "SOURCE_IMAGE=${SOURCE_IMAGE}"
+>&2 echo "IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG}"
+>&2 echo "REPOSITORY=${REPOSITORY}"
+
+export ALPINE_VERSION
+export PYTHON_VERSION
+export SOURCE_IMAGE
+export IMAGE_TAG
+export REPOSITORY