# Debian compatibility

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Last Modified: March 8, 2024
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Differences between Chainguard Containers and Debian third-party images

Chainguard Containers and Debian base images have different binaries and scripts included in their respective busybox and coreutils packages.
The following table lists common tools and their corresponding package(s) in both Wolfi and Debian distributions.
Note that $PATH locations like /usr/bin or /sbin are not included here. If you have compatibility issues with tools that are included in both busybox and coreutils, be sure to check $PATH order and confirm which version of a tool is being run.
Generally, if a tool exists in busybox but does not have a coreutils counterpart, there will be a specific package that includes it. For example the zcat utility is included in the gzip package in both Wolfi and Debian.
You can use the apk search command in Wolfi, and the apt-cache search command in Debian to find out which package includes a tool.
If your workflow depends on tools or packages from the upstream Debian image, note that Chainguard offers full variants (tagged -full) for a number of our most popular Containers.These variants map to their upstream equivalent (often the Debian image on Docker Hub) and can ease migration before you move to a more minimal image. See Full container variants.
Utility Wolfi busybox Debian busybox Wolfi coreutils Debian coreutils [ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ [[ ✅ ✅ acpid ✅ add-shell ✅ addgroup ✅ adduser ✅ adjtimex ✅ ✅ ar ✅ arch ✅ ✅ ✅ arp ✅ arping ✅ ✅ ascii ✅ ash ✅ ✅ awk ✅ ✅ b2sum ✅ ✅ base32 ✅ ✅ base64 ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ basename ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ basenc ✅ ✅ bbconfig ✅ bc ✅ ✅ beep ✅ bin ✅ blkdiscard ✅ blkid ✅ blockdev ✅ brctl ✅ bunzip2 ✅ ✅ bzcat ✅ ✅ bzip2 ✅ ✅ cal ✅ ✅ cat ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ chattr ✅ chcon ✅ ✅ chgrp ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ chmod ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ chown ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ chpasswd ✅ chroot ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ chrt ✅ chvt ✅ cksum ✅ ✅ ✅ clear ✅ ✅ cmp ✅ ✅ comm ✅ ✅ ✅ coreutils ✅ cp ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ cpio ✅ ✅ crc32 ✅ cryptpw ✅ csplit ✅ ✅ cttyhack ✅ cut ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ date ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ dc ✅ ✅ dd ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ deallocvt ✅ delgroup ✅ deluser ✅ depmod ✅ devmem ✅ df ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ diff ✅ ✅ dir ✅ ✅ dircolors ✅ ✅ dirname ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ dmesg ✅ ✅ dnsdomainname ✅ ✅ dos2unix ✅ ✅ du ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ dumpkmap ✅ dumpleases ✅ echo ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ed ✅ egrep ✅ ✅ env ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ expand ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ expr ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ factor ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ fallocate ✅ ✅ false ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ fatattr ✅ fdisk ✅ fgrep ✅ ✅ find ✅ ✅ findfs ✅ ✅ flock ✅ fmt ✅ ✅ fold ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ free ✅ ✅ freeramdisk ✅ fsfreeze ✅ fstrim ✅ fsync ✅ ftpget ✅ ftpput ✅ fuser ✅ getopt ✅ ✅ getty ✅ ✅ grep ✅ ✅ groups ✅ ✅ ✅ gunzip ✅ ✅ gzip ✅ ✅ halt ✅ hd ✅ head ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ hexdump ✅ ✅ hostid ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ hostname ✅ ✅ httpd ✅ hwclock ✅ i2cdetect ✅ i2cdump ✅ i2cget ✅ i2cset ✅ i2ctransfer ✅ id ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ifconfig ✅ ifdown ✅ ifup ✅ init ✅ inotifyd ✅ insmod ✅ install ✅ ✅ ✅ ionice ✅ ✅ iostat ✅ ip ✅ ipcalc ✅ ipcrm ✅ ipcs ✅ ipneigh ✅ join ✅ ✅ kill ✅ ✅ killall ✅ ✅ killall5 ✅ klogd ✅ last ✅ less ✅ ✅ link ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ linux32 ✅ ✅ linux64 ✅ ✅ linuxrc ✅ ln ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ loadfont ✅ loadkmap ✅ logger ✅ ✅ login ✅ ✅ logname ✅ ✅ ✅ logread ✅ losetup ✅ ls ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ lsattr ✅ lsmod ✅ lsof ✅ lsscsi ✅ lzcat ✅ ✅ lzma ✅ ✅ lzop ✅ ✅ lzopcat ✅ md5sum ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ md5sum.textutils ✅ mdev ✅ microcom ✅ ✅ mim ✅ mkdir ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ mkdosfs ✅ mke2fs ✅ mkfifo ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ mknod ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ mkpasswd ✅ ✅ mkswap ✅ mktemp ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ modinfo ✅ modprobe ✅ more ✅ ✅ mount ✅ mountpoint ✅ mpstat ✅ mt ✅ mv ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ nameif ✅ nc ✅ netstat ✅ ✅ nice ✅ ✅ ✅ nl ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ nmeter ✅ nohup ✅ ✅ ✅ nologin ✅ ✅ nproc ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ nsenter ✅ ✅ nslookup ✅ nuke ✅ numfmt ✅ ✅ od ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ openvt ✅ partprobe ✅ passwd ✅ paste ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ patch ✅ pathchk ✅ ✅ pgrep ✅ pidof ✅ ✅ ping ✅ ✅ ping6 ✅ ✅ pinky ✅ ✅ pipe_progress ✅ pivot_root ✅ ✅ pkill ✅ pmap ✅ poweroff ✅ pr ✅ ✅ printenv ✅ ✅ ✅ printf ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ps ✅ ✅ pstree ✅ ptx ✅ ✅ pwd ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ pwdx ✅ rdate ✅ rdev ✅ readahead ✅ readlink ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ realpath ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ reboot ✅ remove-shell ✅ renice ✅ ✅ reset ✅ ✅ resize ✅ resume ✅ rev ✅ ✅ rm ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ rmdir ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ rmmod ✅ route ✅ rpm ✅ rpm2cpio ✅ run-init ✅ run-parts ✅ ✅ runcon ✅ ✅ sbin ✅ sed ✅ ✅ seq ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ setkeycodes ✅ setpriv ✅ ✅ setserial ✅ setsid ✅ ✅ sh ✅ ✅ sha1sum ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ sha224sum ✅ ✅ sha256sum ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ sha384sum ✅ ✅ sha3sum ✅ ✅ sha512sum ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ shred ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ shuf ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ sleep ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ sort ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ split ✅ ✅ ✅ ssl_client ✅ start-stop-daemon ✅ stat ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ stdbuf ✅ ✅ strings ✅ ✅ stty ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ su ✅ sum ✅ ✅ ✅ svc ✅ svok ✅ swapoff ✅ swapon ✅ switch_root ✅ sync ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ sysctl ✅ ✅ syslogd ✅ tac ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ tail ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ tar ✅ ✅ taskset ✅ tee ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ telnet ✅ test ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ tftp ✅ time ✅ ✅ timeout ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ top ✅ ✅ touch ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ tr ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ traceroute ✅ ✅ traceroute6 ✅ ✅ tree ✅ true ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ truncate ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ts ✅ tsort ✅ ✅ ✅ tty ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ttysize ✅ tunctl ✅ ubirename ✅ udhcpc ✅ udhcpd ✅ uevent ✅ umount ✅ uname ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ uncompress ✅ unexpand ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ uniq ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ unix2dos ✅ ✅ unlink ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ unlzma ✅ ✅ unlzop ✅ unshare ✅ unxz ✅ ✅ unzip ✅ ✅ uptime ✅ ✅ users ✅ ✅ usleep ✅ ✅ usr ✅ uudecode ✅ ✅ uuencode ✅ ✅ vconfig ✅ ✅ vdir ✅ ✅ vi ✅ ✅ vlock ✅ w ✅ watch ✅ ✅ watchdog ✅ wc ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ wget ✅ which ✅ ✅ who ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ whoami ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ xargs ✅ ✅ xxd ✅ ✅ xz ✅ xzcat ✅ ✅ yes ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ zcat ✅ ✅