Preinstalled Tools
Every md container ships with a curated set of development tools, pre-configured and ready to use. The full inventory is available at /home/user/src/tool_versions.md inside the container, generated at image build time.
Core utilities
bash, git, curl, wget, rsync, jq, grep, ripgrep, less, man, file, find, xargs, sed, awk, col, bubblewrap, inotifywait, /usr/bin/time (GNU time), xvfb, tmux, tokei, xxd, sudo
Editors
nvim (vi, vim, vimdiff)
Browsers
google-chrome (amd64), chromium (arm64 fallback), chrome-devtools-mcp
Languages & runtimes
| Language | Toolchain |
|---|---|
| Go | go, gofmt (latest stable) |
| Node.js | node (v26 via nvm), npm, npx, standalone pnpm in ~/.local/share/pnpm/bin |
| TypeScript | tsc, tsx, eslint |
| Rust | rustc, cargo, rustup, cargo-binstall |
| Python | python3, uv, pylint, ruff |
| Java | java (JDK 21, headless) |
| R | R |
Package managers
npm, pnpm (standalone), bun, pip (via uv), cargo
Build tools
build-essential, cmake, ninja-build, ccache, make, gcc, g++, arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc, gettext (msgfmt), gradle, golangci-lint, actionlint, shellcheck, shfmt, libsodium-dev, protobuf-compiler, cargo-binstall, pylint, ruff, uv, asciinema
AI coding agents
| Agent | Binary |
|---|---|
| Antigravity | agy |
| Claude Code | claude |
| Codex | codex |
| Kilo Code | kilo |
| OpenCode | opencode |
| Amp CLI | amp |
| Pi | pi |
| Qwen Code | qwen |
| Kimi | kimi |
| Agent Browser | agent-browser |
Containers
podman (rootless inside the container)
Virtualization
qemu-kvm, libvirt-clients, libguestfs-tools (guestfish, guestmount, virt-inspector)
Android
android-sdk, gradle, adb, sdkmanager
Database
sqlite3
Debugging & profiling
binwalk, strace, lsof, dlv (Go debugger), lldb / rust-lldb, objdump, aarch64-linux-gnu-objdump, arm-linux-gnueabi-objdump, radare2 (r2)
Networking
curl, wget, net-tools, iproute2, ping, fping, traceroute, tcptraceroute, nmap, tcpdump, dig, host, nslookup, whois, sshpass, tailscale
GitHub
gh CLI
Compression & media
brotli, zstd, unzip, ffmpeg, imagemagick, GStreamer and WebKitGTK runtime libraries
3D libraries
3MF, CGAL, Eigen, Boost, TBB, MPFR, double-conversion, and libzip
Embedded
flex, bison, gperf, dfu-util, libusb-1.0-0, pahole (dwarves), libelf-dev
Math
bc
Version report
The exact versions of every tool are captured at image build time:
# Inside the container
cat ~/src/tool_versions.mdThis is regenerated whenever the md-user image is rebuilt: weekly for :latest, on-demand with md build-image.