---
title: "A simple, fast container image builder for Golang applications"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-simple-fast-container-image-builder-for-golang-applications-q7-fw8sha
source_url: https://golang.ch/a-simple-fast-container-image-builder-for-golang-applications/
type: article
source: "Golang News"
author: "St. W"
published: 2022-09-21T07:50:35.998Z
updated: 2022-09-21T07:50:35.906Z
tags: ["google", "github", "golang", "docker", "aws-lambda"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# A simple, fast container image builder for Golang applications

**[Golang News](https://daily.dev/sources/glc)** · [@altafino](https://daily.dev/altafino) · 4 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

ko is a simple, fast container image builder for Go applications. It’s ideal for use cases where your image contains a single Go application without any/many dependencies on the OS base image. ko also includes support for simple YAML templating, which makes it a powerful tool for Kubernetes applications. The image must be pushed to Google Container Registry or Artifact Registry.

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**@kliton** · 1 upvotes

> Another useful article ;)

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