1 Overview
The Rocker Project provides a collection of (Linux) containers suited for different needs. Find a base image to extend or images with popular software and optimized libraries pre-installed.
Get the latest version or a reproducibly fixed environment.
2 Images
2.1 The versioned stack
| image | base image | description | pulls |
|---|---|---|---|
rocker/r-ver |
ubuntu |
Install R from source and set RSPM as default CRAN mirror |  |
rocker/rstudio |
rocker/r-ver |
Adds RStudio Server |  |
rocker/tidyverse |
rocker/rstudio |
Adds tidyverse packages & devtools |  |
rocker/verse |
rocker/tidyverse |
Adds tex & publishing-related package |  |
rocker/geospatial |
rocker/verse |
Adds geospatial packages |  |
rocker/binder |
rocker/geospatial |
Adds requirements to run repositories on mybinder.org |  |
rocker/shiny |
rocker/r-ver |
Adds shiny server |  |
rocker/shiny-verse |
rocker/shiny |
Adds tidyverse packages |  |
rocker/cuda |
rocker/r-ver |
Adds CUDA support to rocker/r-ver |
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rocker/ml |
rocker/cuda |
Adds CUDA support to rocker/tidyverse |
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rocker/ml-verse |
rocker/ml |
Adds CUDA support to rocker/geospatial |
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This stack builds on stable Debian releases (for R versions <= 3.6.3) or Ubuntu LTS (for R versions >= 4.0.0). Images in this stack accept a version tag specifying which version of R is desired, e.g. rocker/rstudio:4.0.0 for R 4.0.0. The latest tag always follows the latest release version of R.
Some images (e.g. rocker/r-ver) also have the devel tag, which installs the development version of R.
Version-tagged images are designed to be stable, consistently providing the same versions of all software (R, R packages, system libraries) rather than the latest available, though Debian system libraries will still receive any security patches. Please check the document about versions for details.
2.2 The base stack
| image | base image | description | pulls |
|---|---|---|---|
r-baserocker/r-base |
debian:testing |
Install current R from unstable repos |   |
rocker/r-devel |
r-base |
R-devel added side-by-side onto r-base (using alias RD) |
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rocker/drd |
r-base |
Lighter rocker/r-devel |
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rocker/drp |
r-base |
R-patched added side-by-side onto r-base (using alias RP) |
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rocker/r-devel-san |
r-base |
as rocker/r-devel, but built with compiler sanitizers |
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rocker/r-devel-ubsan-clang |
r-base |
Sanitizers, clang c compiler (instead of gcc) |  |
This stack builds on debian:testing and Debian unstable repo. Use this stack if you want access to the latest versions of system libraries and compilers through apt-get.
r-base (Docker Official image) and rocker/r-base are built from the same Dockerfile, but with different build tools.
2.3 Additional images
| image | base image | description | pulls |
|---|---|---|---|
rocker/r-ubuntu |
ubuntu |
Close to r-base, but based on ubuntu |
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rocker/r-bspm |
r-base, rocker/r-ubuntu, archlinux, fedora, opensuse/tumbleweed |
Binary installation of R packages has been configured, powered by bspm |  |
rocker/r2u |
ubuntu |
r2u offers all CRAN packages as binaries for Ubuntu, also uses bspm |  |
2.4 Rocker Pre-built Dev Container Images
Images built by the Dev Container CLI. See the Rocker Dev Container Images page for details.