Fedora - Base distributions

These containers are built from Fedora base with active dnf sources (normal or archive).

• No additional package is installed.

The Dockerfiles are available in the fruafr/docker-fedora Github repository

The resulting docker containers are available in the fruafr/fedora Docker Hub

Current

Fedora Version	Docker image tag	Current Version	Repo Branch
latest	docker pull fruafr/fedora:latest	42	latest

Versions History

Fedora is a short-life cycle distro for the use of the latest software.

Supported versions

Year Released	Fedora Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2025	42	docker pull frua.fr/fedora:42	42 (2026)	42
2024	41	docker pull frua.fr/fedora:41	41 (2025)	41

Obsolete versions

Year Released	Fedora Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2024	40	docker pull fruafr/fedora:40	2025-05	40
2023	39	docker pull fruafr/fedora:39	2024-11	39
2023	38	docker pull fruafr/fedora:38	2024-05	38
2022	37	docker pull fruafr/fedora:37	2023-12	37
2022	36	docker pull fruafr/fedora:36	2023-05	36
2021	35	docker pull fruafr/fedora:35	2022-12	35
2021	34	docker pull fruafr/fedora:34	2022-06	34
2020	33	docker pull fruafr/fedora:33	2021-11	33
2020	32	docker pull fruafr/fedora:32	2021-05	32
2019	31	docker pull fruafr/fedora:31	2020-11	31
2019	30	docker pull fruafr/fedora:30	2020-05	30
2018	29	docker pull fruafr/fedora:29	2019-11	29
2018	28	docker pull fruafr/fedora:28	2019-05	28
2017	27	docker pull fruafr/fedora:27	2018-11	27
2017	26	docker pull fruafr/fedora:26	2018-05	26
2016	25	docker pull fruafr/fedora:25	2017-12	25

The containers are generated on Ubuntu.

Pull strategy

The different branches are not merged, they live as individual branches.

Manually starting

docker run \
  --tty \
  --privileged \
  --volume /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \
  fruafr/fedora

Official Distro Release Information

• To pull the latest official docker version : docker pull fedora:latest
• Fedora - Docker Hub
• Fedora - Releases
• Fedora - End of Life

Current

Fedora Version	Docker image tag	Current Version	Repo Branch
latest	docker pull fedora:latest	42	latest

Versions History

Fedora is a short-life cycle distro for the use of the latest software.

Supported versions

Year Released	Fedora Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2025	42	docker pull fedora:42	42 (2026)	42
2024	41	docker pull fedora:41	41 (2025)	41

Obsolete versions

Year Released	Fedora Version	Docker image tag	End of Life	Repo Branch
2024	40	docker pull fedora:40	2025-05	40
2023	39	docker pull fedora:39	2024-11	39
2023	38	docker pull fedora:38	2024-05	38
2022	37	docker pull fedora:37	2023-12	37
2022	36	docker pull fedora:36	2023-05	36
2021	35	docker pull fedora:35	2022-12	35
2021	34	docker pull fedora:34	2022-06	34
2020	33	docker pull fedora:33	2021-11	33
2020	32	docker pull fedora:32	2021-05	32
2019	31	docker pull fedora:31	2020-11	31
2019	30	docker pull fedora:30	2020-05	30
2018	29	docker pull fedora:29	2019-11	29
2018	28	docker pull fedora:28	2019-05	28
2017	27	docker pull fedora:27	2018-11	27
2017	26	docker pull fedora:26	2018-05	26
2016	25	docker pull fedora:25	2017-12	25
2016	24	docker pull fedora:24	2017-08	24
2015	23	docker pull fedora:23	2016-12	23
2015	22	docker pull fedora:22	2016-07	22
2014	21	docker pull fedora:21	2015-12	21
2013	20	docker pull fedora:20	2015-06	20

Equivalences between Fedora and RHEL

Fedora serves as the basis of Red Hat Enterprise Linux:

• Fedore 40 for RHEL10
• Fedora 34 for RHEL9
• Fedora 28 for RHEL8
• Fedora 19/20 for RHEL7
• Fedora 12/13 for RHEL6

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Updated : 2025-11-15