apptainer(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is apptainer(1) — the Apptainer manual — and today’s main character is apptainer-search. Its whole vibe is: search a Container Library for images. periodt. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

apptainer search [search options...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

You’re searching a Container Library for container images that match your search query. That’s the whole mission, no cap. 🎯

You can also specify an alternate architecture, and/or limit the results to only signed images. Both are optional, both are cute, both are in the options below. 🫶

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --arch="amd64" — the architecture to search for; the default value shown is "amd64". 🏗️
• -h, --help[=false] — help for search; default is false. 🙈
• --library="" — URI for the library to search; default is the empty string "". 📚
• --signed[=false] — search for only signed images; default is false. 🔏

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🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

the examples are giving “learn by doing,” and honestly? iconic. ✨

$ apptainer search lolcow
$ apptainer search --arch arm64 alpine
$ apptainer search --signed tensorflow

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• apptainer(1) — yes bestie, the parent manual page. go click it, iykyk. 💜

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

the history section is literally just this, no extra lore:

22-Oct-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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mwah 💋 — this page was auto-generated by spf13/cobra in Oct 2026, and it’s sittin’ pretty at the bottom of the apptainer(1) manual. byeee bestie 🫶🌈