containerbase · viceice · Jan 9, 2026 · Jan 9, 2026
diff --git a/docs/custom-base-image.md b/docs/custom-base-image.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Custom base image
 
 The following sample can be used to create a `containerbase/base` based image which does not extend `containerbase/base` directly.
-Currently only ubuntu focal, jammy and noble based amd64 distro are suported.
+Currently only ubuntu jammy and noble based amd64 distro are suported.
 
 You can also use our containerbase from GitHub container registry as `ghcr.io/containerbase/base`.
 `containerbase/base` and `ghcr.io/containerbase/base` are exchangeble.

diff --git a/docs/custom-registries.md b/docs/custom-registries.md
@@ -415,8 +415,6 @@ Samples:
 ```txt
 https://github.com/containerbase/node-prebuild/releases/download/18.12.0/node-18.12.0-jammy-x86_x64.tar.xz.sha512
 https://github.com/containerbase/node-prebuild/releases/download/18.12.0/node-18.12.0-jammy-aarch64.tar.xz
-https://github.com/containerbase/node-prebuild/releases/download/18.12.0/node-18.12.0-focal-x86_x64.tar.xz.sha512
-https://github.com/containerbase/node-prebuild/releases/download/18.12.0/node-18.12.0-focal-aarch64.tar.xz
 https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.0.0/SHASUMS256.txt
 https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.0.0/node-v20.0.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
 https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.0.0/node-v20.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.xz

diff --git a/src/cli/tools/dotnet.ts b/src/cli/tools/dotnet.ts
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ export class DotnetPrepareService extends BasePrepareService {
     const distro = await getDistro();
 
     switch (distro.versionCode) {
-      case 'focal':
-        await this.aptSvc.install(
-          'libc6',
-          'libgcc1',
-          'libgssapi-krb5-2',
-          'libicu66',
-          'libssl1.1',
-          'libstdc++6',
-          'zlib1g',
-        );
-        break;
       case 'jammy':
         await this.aptSvc.install(
           'libc6',

diff --git a/src/cli/tools/php/index.ts b/src/cli/tools/php/index.ts
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@ export class PhpPrepareService extends BasePrepareService {
     const distro = await getDistro();
 
     switch (distro.versionCode) {
-      case 'focal':
-        await this.aptSvc.install(
-          'libjpeg-turbo8',
-          'libmcrypt4',
-          'libonig5',
-          'libpng16-16',
-          'libtidy5deb1',
-          'libxslt1.1',
-          'libzip5',
-        );
-        break;
-
       case 'jammy':
       case 'noble':
         await this.aptSvc.install(

diff --git a/src/cli/tools/python/conan.ts b/src/cli/tools/python/conan.ts
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ function getArchitecture(arch: string): string {
 
 function getCompilerVersion(distro: Distro): string {
   switch (distro.versionCode) {
-    case 'focal':
-      return '9';
     case 'jammy':
       return '11';
     case 'noble':

diff --git a/src/cli/utils/common.ts b/src/cli/utils/common.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@ export async function validateSystem(): Promise<void> {
   const d = await (distro ??= readDistro());
   switch (d.versionCode) {
     /* v8 ignore next -- hard to test */
-    case 'focal':
     case 'jammy':
     case 'noble':
       break;
     default:
       logger.fatal(
         { distro: d },
-        `Unsupported distro: ${d.versionCode}! Please use Ubuntu 'focal', 'jammy' or 'noble'.`,
+        `Unsupported distro: ${d.versionCode}! Please use Ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'.`,
       );
       process.exit(1);
   }

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/erlang.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/erlang.sh
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ function check_tool_requirements () {
   local version_codename
   version_codename="$(get_distro)"
   case "${version_codename}" in
-    "focal");;
     "jammy");;
     "noble");;
     *)
-      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'focal' or 'jammy'." >&2
+      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
       exit 1
     ;;
   esac

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/powershell.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/powershell.sh
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ function prepare_tool() {
 
   version_codename="$(get_distro)"
   case "${version_codename}" in
-    "focal") apt_install libc6 libgcc1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libicu66 libssl1.1 libstdc++6 zlib1g;;
     "jammy") apt_install libc6 libgcc1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libicu70 libssl3 libstdc++6 zlib1g;;
     "noble") apt_install libc6 libgcc1 libgssapi-krb5-2 libicu74 libssl3 libstdc++6 zlib1g;;
     *)
-      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'focal' or 'jammy'." >&2
+      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
       exit 1
     ;;
   esac

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/python.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/python.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ function prepare_tool() {
 
   version_codename="$(get_distro)"
   case "${version_codename}" in
-    "focal");;
     "jammy");;
     "noble");;
     *)
-      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'focal' or 'jammy'." >&2
+      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
       exit 1
     ;;
   esac

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/ruby.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/ruby.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ function prepare_tool() {
 
   version_codename="$(get_distro)"
   case "${version_codename}" in
-    "focal");;
     "jammy");;
     "noble");;
     *)
-      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'focal' or 'jammy'." >&2
+      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
       exit 1
     ;;
   esac

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/swift.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/tools/v2/swift.sh
@@ -6,24 +6,6 @@ function prepare_tool() {
 
   version_codename="$(get_distro)"
   case "${version_codename}" in
-    "focal")
-      apt_install \
-        binutils \
-        gnupg2 \
-        libc6-dev \
-        libcurl4 \
-        libedit2 \
-        libgcc-9-dev \
-        libpython2.7 \
-        libsqlite3-0 \
-        libstdc++-9-dev \
-        libxml2 \
-        libz3-dev \
-        pkg-config \
-        tzdata \
-        uuid-dev \
-        zlib1g-dev \
-        ;;
     "jammy")
       apt_install \
         binutils \
@@ -62,7 +44,7 @@ function prepare_tool() {
         zlib1g-dev \
         ;;
     *)
-      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'focal' or 'jammy'." >&2
+      echo "Tool '${TOOL_NAME}' not supported on: ${version_codename}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
       exit 1
     ;;
   esac

diff --git a/src/usr/local/containerbase/util.sh b/src/usr/local/containerbase/util.sh
@@ -154,11 +154,10 @@ function require_distro () {
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   VERSION_CODENAME=$(. /etc/os-release && echo "${VERSION_CODENAME}")
   case "$VERSION_CODENAME" in
-  "focal") ;; #supported
   "jammy") ;; #supported
   "noble") ;; #supported
   *)
-    echo "Distro not supported: ${VERSION_CODENAME}! Please use ubuntu 'focal', 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
+    echo "Distro not supported: ${VERSION_CODENAME}! Please use ubuntu 'jammy' or 'noble'." >&2
     exit 1
    ;;
   esac

diff --git a/test/Dockerfile.distro b/test/Dockerfile.distro
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ARG BASE_IMAGE=latest
 #--------------------------------------
 # Images
 #--------------------------------------
-FROM ghcr.io/containerbase/ubuntu:20.04 AS focal
 FROM ghcr.io/containerbase/ubuntu:22.04 AS jammy
 FROM ghcr.io/containerbase/ubuntu:24.04 AS noble
 

diff --git a/tools/esbuild.js b/tools/esbuild.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const esbuildPluginPino = __require('esbuild-plugin-pino');
 
 shell.config.fatal = true;
 
-const nodeVersion = 22;
+const nodeVersion = 24;
 const version = process.env.CONTAINERBASE_VERSION ?? '0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER';
 
 shell.rm('-rf', 'dist/docker');