Python versions in Debian and Ubuntu official Docker images

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Python versions in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, AlmaLinux and Alpine Linux official Docker images

The table below was made by installing the package python3 in each Docker image and then running python --version (see the python-versions.sh for more details). Release and end of life dates were taken from:

• Debian releases
• Ubuntu releases
• Fedora releases and end of life
• AlmaLinux releases
• Alpine Linux

Distribution	Version	Codename	Released at	End of Life¹	Python version
Debian GNU/Linux	13	trixie	2025-09-09	2028-08-09	Python 3.13.5
Debian GNU/Linux	12	bookworm	2023-06-10	2026-06-10	Python 3.11.2
Debian GNU/Linux	11	bullseye	2021-08-14	2024-08-14	Python 3.9.2
Debian GNU/Linux	10	buster	2019-07-06	2022-09-10	Python 3.7.3
Debian GNU/Linux	9	stretch	2017-06-17	2020-07-18	Python 3.5.3
Debian GNU/Linux	8	jessie	2015-04-25	2018-06-17	Python 3.4.2
Ubuntu	25.10	questing	2025-10-09	2026-07-01	Python 3.13.7
Ubuntu	25.04	plucky	2025-04-17	2026-01-01	Python 3.13.3
Ubuntu	24.10	oracular	2024-10-10	2025-07-01	Python 3.12.7
Ubuntu	24.04	noble	2024-04-25	2029-04-01	Python 3.12.3
Ubuntu	23.10	mantic	2023-10-12	2024-07-11	Python 3.11.6
Ubuntu	23.04	lunar	2023-04-20	2024-01-25	Python 3.11.4
Ubuntu	22.10	kinetic	2022-10-20	2023-07-20	Python 3.10.7
Ubuntu	22.04	jammy	2022-04-21	2024-04-01	Python 3.10.12
Ubuntu	21.10	impish	2021-10-14	2022-04-14	Python 3.9.7
Ubuntu	21.04	hirsute	2021-04-22	2022-01-20	Python 3.9.5
Ubuntu	20.10	groovy	2020-10-22	2021-07-22	Python 3.8.10
Ubuntu	20.04	focal	2020-04-23	2025-04-01	Python 3.8.10
Ubuntu	19.10	eoan	2019-10-17	2020-07-17	Python 3.7.5
Ubuntu	19.04	disco	2019-04-18	2020-01-23	Python 3.7.3
Ubuntu	18.10	cosmic	2018-10-18	2019-07-18	Python 3.6.8
Ubuntu	18.04	bionic	2018-04-26	2023-04-01	Python 3.6.9
Ubuntu	17.10	artful	2017-10-19	2018-07-19	Python 3.6.3
Ubuntu	17.04	zesty	2017-04-13	2018-01-13	Python 3.5.3
Ubuntu	16.10	yakkety	2016-10-13	2017-07-20	Python 3.5.2+
Ubuntu	16.04	xenial	2016-04-21	2021-04-01	Python 3.5.2
Ubuntu	15.10	wily	2015-10-22	2016-07-28	Python 3.4.3+
Ubuntu	14.04	trusty	2014-04-17	2019-04-01	Python 3.4.3
Fedora Linux	43	-	2025-10-28	2026-12-09	Python 3.14.0
Fedora Linux	42	adams	2025-04-15	2026-05-13	Python 3.13.9
Fedora Linux	41	-	2024-10-29	2025-11-26	Python 3.13.9
Fedora Linux	40	-	2024-04-23	2025-05-13	Python 3.12.10
Fedora Linux	39	-	2023-11-07	2024-11-26	Python 3.12.7
Fedora Linux	38	-	2023-04-18	2024-05-21	Python 3.11.9
Fedora Linux	37	-	2022-11-15	2023-12-05	Python 3.11.6
Fedora Linux	36	-	2022-05-10	2023-05-16	Python 3.10.11
Fedora Linux	35	-	2021-11-02	2022-12-13	Python 3.10.8
Fedora	34	-	2021-04-27	2022-06-07	Python 3.9.13
Fedora	33	-	2020-10-27	2021-11-30	Python 3.9.9
Fedora	32	-	2020-04-28	2021-05-25	Python 3.8.10
Fedora	31	-	2019-10-29	2020-11-24	Python 3.7.9
Fedora	30	-	2019-04-30	2020-05-26	Python 3.7.7
Fedora	29	-	2018-10-30	2019-11-26	Python 3.7.5
Fedora	28	-	2018-05-01	2019-05-28	Python 3.6.8
Fedora	27	-	2017-11-14	2018-11-30	Python 3.6.6
Fedora	26	-	2017-07-11	2018-05-29	Python 3.6.5
Fedora	25	-	2016-11-22	2017-12-12	Python 3.5.4
Fedora	24	-	2016-06-21	2017-08-08	Python 3.5.3
Fedora	23	-	2015-11-03	2016-12-20	Python 3.4.3
Fedora	22	-	2015-05-26	2016-07-19	Python 3.4.2
AlmaLinux Kitten	10	-	2024-10-22	?	Python 3.12.11
AlmaLinux	10.1	-	2025-11-24	2030-05-31	Python 3.12.11
AlmaLinux	9.7	-	2025-11-17	2027-05-31	Python 3.9.23
AlmaLinux	8.10	-	2024-05-28	2024-05-31	Python 3.6.8
Alpine Linux	3.22.2	-	2025-05-30	2027-05-01	Python 3.12.12
Alpine Linux	3.21.5	-	2024-12-05	2026-11-01	Python 3.12.12
Alpine Linux	3.20.8	-	2024-05-22	2026-04-01	Python 3.12.12
Alpine Linux	3.19.9	-	2023-12-07	2025-11-01	Python 3.11.14
Alpine Linux	3.18.12	-	2023-05-09	2025-05-09	Python 3.11.12
Alpine Linux	3.17.10	-	2022-11-22	2024-11-22	Python 3.10.15
Alpine Linux	3.16.9	-	2022-05-23	2024-05-23	Python 3.10.14
Alpine Linux	3.15.11	-	2021-11-24	2023-11-01	Python 3.9.18
Alpine Linux	3.14.10	-	2021-06-15	2023-05-01	Python 3.9.17
Alpine Linux	3.13.12	-	2021-01-14	2022-11-01	Python 3.8.15
Alpine Linux	3.12.12	-	2020-05-29	2022-05-01	Python 3.8.10
Alpine Linux	3.11.13	-	2019-12-29	2021-11-01	Python 3.8.10
Alpine Linux	3.10.9	-	2019-06-19	2021-05-01	Python 3.7.10
Alpine Linux	3.9.6	-	2019-01-29	2020-11-01	Python 3.6.9
Alpine Linux	3.8.5	-	2018-06-26	2020-05-01	Python 3.6.9
Alpine Linux	3.7.3	-	2017-11-30	2019-11-01	Python 3.6.9
Alpine Linux	3.6.5	-	2017-05-24	2019-05-01	Python 3.6.8
Alpine Linux	3.5.3	-	2016-12-22	2018-11-01	Python 3.5.6
Alpine Linux	3.4.6	-	2016-05-31	2018-05-01	Python 3.5.2
Alpine Linux	3.3.3	-	2015-12-18	2017-11-01	Python 3.5.1
Alpine Linux	3.2.3	-	2015-05-26	2017-05-01	Python 3.4.3

¹: for Ubuntu current releases (LTS and the last two), this column represents the end of standard support, not the end of life; for AlmaLinux, this column represents the end of active support (not the end of security support).

python-versions.sh

#!/bin/bash

cat <<'EOF'> check-python-version-apt.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Old versions - use archive repositories
if [[ $(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep -i ubuntu | wc -l) -gt 0 ]]; then
  # Ubuntu image
  source /etc/lsb-release
  lts=("24.04" "22.04" "20.04" "18.04" "16.04" "14.04")
  if [[ $DISTRIB_RELEASE =~ (1[0-9]|2[0123])\. ]] && [[ ! " ${lts[*]} " =~ " $DISTRIB_RELEASE " ]]; then
    echo "Changing sources.list to old-releases.ubuntu.com"
    sed -Ei 's/(archive|security)\.ubuntu\.com\/ubuntu/old-releases.ubuntu.com\/ubuntu/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
  fi
else
  # Debian image
  debian_version=$(cat /etc/debian_version)
  echo "Debian version: ${debian_version}"
  if [[ $debian_version =~ ([0-9]+)\. ]]; then
    echo "Changing sources.list to archive.debian.org"
    sed -Ei 's/(deb|security).debian.org/archive.debian.org/g; s/^deb /deb [trusted=yes] /; /-updates/d' /etc/apt/sources.list
  fi
fi

apt update
apt install -y python3
source /etc/os-release
echo "${NAME} | ${VERSION_ID} | ${VERSION_CODENAME} | $(python3 --version)"
EOF

cat <<'EOF'> check-python-version-dnf.sh
#!/bin/bash

dnf update -y
dnf install -y python3
source /etc/os-release
echo "${NAME} | ${VERSION_ID} | ${VERSION_CODENAME} | $(python3 --version)"
EOF

cat <<'EOF'> check-python-version-apk.sh
#!/bin/sh

apk update
apk upgrade
apk add python3
source /etc/os-release
echo "${NAME} | ${VERSION_ID} | ${VERSION_CODENAME} | $(python3 --version)"
EOF

# Debian
for version in trixie bookworm bullseye buster stretch jessie; do
  image="debian:${version}"
  echo "-----> $image"
  docker run \
  	  -v $(pwd)/check-python-version-apt.sh:/check-python-version.sh \
  	  --rm \
  	  "$image" \
  	  bash -c 'chmod +x /check-python-version.sh && /check-python-version.sh'
done

for version in 25.10 25.04 24.10 24.04 23.10 23.04 22.10 22.04 21.10 21.04 20.10 20.04 19.10 19.04 18.10 18.04 17.10 17.04 16.10 16.04 15.10 14.04; do
  image="ubuntu:${version}"
  echo "-----> $image"
  docker run \
  	  -v $(pwd)/check-python-version-apt.sh:/check-python-version.sh \
  	  --rm \
  	  "$image" \
  	  bash -c 'chmod +x /check-python-version.sh && /check-python-version.sh'
done

for version in 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22; do
  image="fedora:${version}"
  echo "-----> $image"
  docker run \
  	  -v $(pwd)/check-python-version-dnf.sh:/check-python-version.sh \
  	  --rm \
  	  "$image" \
  	  bash -c 'chmod +x /check-python-version.sh && /check-python-version.sh'
done

for version in 10-kitten 10.1 9.7 8.10; do
  image="almalinux:${version}"
  echo "-----> $image"
  docker run \
  	  -v $(pwd)/check-python-version-dnf.sh:/check-python-version.sh \
  	  --rm \
  	  "$image" \
  	  bash -c 'chmod +x /check-python-version.sh && /check-python-version.sh'
done

for version in 3.22 3.21 3.20 3.19 3.18 3.17 3.16 3.15 3.14 3.13 3.12 3.11 3.10 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2; do
  image="alpine:${version}"
  echo "-----> $image"
  docker run \
  	  -v $(pwd)/check-python-version-apk.sh:/check-python-version.sh \
  	  --rm \
  	  "$image" \
  	  /bin/sh -c 'chmod +x /check-python-version.sh && /check-python-version.sh'
done