Dockerfile for `lua` and `vips`

README.md

Dockerfile for lua and vips

docker build -t lua-vips .
docker run --rm -it \
  -v $PWD:/data \
  lua-vips:latest \
  lua main.lua

Dockerfile

FROM alpine:3.21.0

RUN apk add --no-cache --update \
  make \
  gcc \
  musl-dev

RUN apk add --no-cache --update \
  vips \
  vips-dev \
  # cli tools if you need
  vips-tools \
  # avif support
  vips-heif

RUN apk add --no-cache --update \
  lua5.4 \
  lua5.4-dev \
  luajit \
  luarocks \
  luarocks5.4

RUN ln -s $(which lua5.4) /usr/bin/lua && \
  ln -s $(which luarocks-5.4) /usr/bin/luarocks

RUN luarocks install lua-vips

WORKDIR /data

main.lua

local vips = require 'vips';

local version = { vips.version.major, vips.version.minor, vips.version.micro };
print('vips version:', table.concat(version, '.'));

local image = vips.Image.new_from_file('image.jpg');
image:write_to_file('image.avif', { Q = 50 });