diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
index 34f955f..d75f4c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/biomejs/biome
+
 jobs:
   generate-jobs:
     name: Generate jobs
@@ -31,15 +34,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "BIOME_VERSIONS=$BIOME_VERSIONS" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   build-images-arm64:
-    name: ${{ matrix.versions.patch }} (arm64)
+    name: ${{ matrix.versions.patch }} (${{ matrix.variant }}, arm64)
     needs: generate-jobs
-    concurrency: build-images-${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64
+    concurrency: build-images-${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-${{ matrix.variant }}-arm64
     permissions:
       packages: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     strategy:
       matrix:
         versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-jobs.outputs.biome-versions) }}
+        variant:
+          - distroless
+          - alpine
+          - debian
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
@@ -51,6 +58,34 @@ jobs:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Prepare variant metadata
+        id: variant
+        run: |
+          case "${{ matrix.variant }}" in
+            distroless)
+              TARGET=distroless
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-distroless-arm64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"$'\n'"${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64"
+              ;;
+            alpine)
+              TARGET=alpine
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-alpine-arm64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+              ;;
+            debian)
+              TARGET=debian
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-debian-arm64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+              ;;
+          esac
+
+          {
+            echo "target=${TARGET}"
+            echo "internal_tag=${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+            echo 'tags<<EOF'
+            printf '%s\n' "${TAGS}"
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@d08e5c354a6adb9ed34480a06d141179aa583294 # v7
         with:
@@ -58,28 +93,36 @@ jobs:
           load: true
           provenance: false
           platforms: linux/arm64
-          tags: ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64
+          tags: ${{ steps.variant.outputs.tags }}
+          target: ${{ steps.variant.outputs.target }}
           file: Dockerfile
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-arm64
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-arm64
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-${{ matrix.variant }}-arm64
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-${{ matrix.variant }}-arm64
           build-args: |
             ARCH=arm64
             BIOME_VERSION=${{ matrix.versions.patch }}
             BIOME_TAG_START=${{ matrix.versions.major == '2' && '@biomejs/biome@' || 'cli/v'  }}
       - name: Verify image
         run: |
-          docker run --pull=never --rm ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64 --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm --entrypoint /usr/bin/git ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm -v "$PWD":/code --entrypoint /usr/bin/git ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} status --short
+          docker run --pull=never --rm -v "$PWD":/code ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} check biome.json
 
   build-images-amd64:
-    name: ${{ matrix.versions.patch }} (amd64)
+    name: ${{ matrix.versions.patch }} (${{ matrix.variant }}, amd64)
     needs: generate-jobs
-    concurrency: build-images-${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
+    concurrency: build-images-${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-${{ matrix.variant }}-amd64
     permissions:
       packages: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         versions: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate-jobs.outputs.biome-versions) }}
+        variant:
+          - distroless
+          - alpine
+          - debian
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
@@ -91,6 +134,34 @@ jobs:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Prepare variant metadata
+        id: variant
+        run: |
+          case "${{ matrix.variant }}" in
+            distroless)
+              TARGET=distroless
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-distroless-amd64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"$'\n'"${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64"
+              ;;
+            alpine)
+              TARGET=alpine
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-alpine-amd64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+              ;;
+            debian)
+              TARGET=debian
+              INTERNAL_TAG="${IMAGE_NAME}:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-debian-amd64"
+              TAGS="${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+              ;;
+          esac
+
+          {
+            echo "target=${TARGET}"
+            echo "internal_tag=${INTERNAL_TAG}"
+            echo 'tags<<EOF'
+            printf '%s\n' "${TAGS}"
+            echo EOF
+          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Build and push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@d08e5c354a6adb9ed34480a06d141179aa583294 # v7
         with:
@@ -98,17 +169,21 @@ jobs:
           load: true
           provenance: false
           platforms: linux/amd64
-          tags: ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
+          tags: ${{ steps.variant.outputs.tags }}
+          target: ${{ steps.variant.outputs.target }}
           file: Dockerfile
-          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-amd64
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-amd64
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-${{ matrix.variant }}-amd64
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max,scope=${{ matrix.versions.patch}}-${{ matrix.variant }}-amd64
           build-args: |
             ARCH=x64
             BIOME_VERSION=${{ matrix.versions.patch }}
             BIOME_TAG_START=${{ matrix.versions.major == '2' && '@biomejs/biome@' || 'cli/v'  }}
       - name: Verify image
         run: |
-          docker run --pull=never --rm ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64 --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm --entrypoint /usr/bin/git ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} --version
+          docker run --pull=never --rm -v "$PWD":/code --entrypoint /usr/bin/git ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} status --short
+          docker run --pull=never --rm -v "$PWD":/code ${{ steps.variant.outputs.internal_tag }} check biome.json
 
   stitch-images:
     name: Stitch images (${{ matrix.versions.patch }})
@@ -131,36 +206,48 @@ jobs:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Create major version (${{ matrix.versions.major }}) manifest
-        if: ${{ matrix.versions.createMajor }}
+      - name: Create image manifests
+        env:
+          PATCH: ${{ matrix.versions.patch }}
+          MAJOR: ${{ matrix.versions.major }}
+          MINOR: ${{ matrix.versions.minor }}
+          CREATE_MAJOR: ${{ matrix.versions.createMajor }}
+          CREATE_MINOR: ${{ matrix.versions.createMinor }}
+          IS_LATEST: ${{ matrix.versions.patch == fromJson(needs.generate-jobs.outputs.biome-versions)[0].patch }}
         run: |
-          docker manifest create ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.major }} \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64 \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
-          docker manifest push ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.major }}
+          create_manifest() {
+            local public_tag="$1"
+            local variant="$2"
+            local destination="${IMAGE_NAME}:${public_tag}"
 
-      - name: Create minor version (${{ matrix.versions.minor }}) manifest
-        if: ${{ matrix.versions.createMinor }}
-        run: |
-          docker manifest create ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.minor }} \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64 \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
-          docker manifest push ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.minor }}
+            if [ "${variant}" != "distroless" ]; then
+              destination="${destination}-${variant}"
+            fi
 
-      - name: Create patch version (${{ matrix.versions.patch }}) manifest
-        run: |
-          docker manifest create ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }} \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64 \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
-          docker manifest push ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}
+            docker manifest create "${destination}" \
+              "${IMAGE_NAME}:${PATCH}-${variant}-arm64" \
+              "${IMAGE_NAME}:${PATCH}-${variant}-amd64"
+            docker manifest push "${destination}"
+          }
 
-      - name: Create latest (${{ matrix.versions.patch }}) manifest
-        if:
-          ${{ matrix.versions.patch ==
-          fromJson(needs.generate-jobs.outputs.biome-versions)[0].patch }}
-        run: |
-          docker manifest create ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:latest \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-arm64 \
-            ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:${{ matrix.versions.patch }}-amd64
-          docker manifest push ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:latest
+          if [ "${CREATE_MAJOR}" = "true" ]; then
+            create_manifest "${MAJOR}" distroless
+            create_manifest "${MAJOR}" alpine
+            create_manifest "${MAJOR}" debian
+          fi
+
+          if [ "${CREATE_MINOR}" = "true" ]; then
+            create_manifest "${MINOR}" distroless
+            create_manifest "${MINOR}" alpine
+            create_manifest "${MINOR}" debian
+          fi
+
+          create_manifest "${PATCH}" distroless
+          create_manifest "${PATCH}" alpine
+          create_manifest "${PATCH}" debian
+
+          if [ "${IS_LATEST}" = "true" ]; then
+            create_manifest latest distroless
+            create_manifest latest alpine
+            create_manifest latest debian
+          fi
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf65a4f..72f38c3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,21 +1,130 @@
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.23@sha256:25109184c71bdad752c8312a8623239686a9a2071e8825f20acb8f2198c3f659
-
-FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS biome
-
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=bookworm-slim
+ARG DISTROLESS_BASE=gcr.io/distroless/base-debian12:latest
 ARG ARCH="x64"
 ARG BIOME_VERSION=2.2.6
 ARG BIOME_TAG_START="@biomejs/biome@"
+ARG BIOME_RELEASE_BASE_URL="https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases/download"
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Biome glibc binary and runtime libraries for Debian and distroless
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS biome-glibc
+
+ARG ARCH
+ARG BIOME_VERSION
+ARG BIOME_TAG_START
+ARG BIOME_RELEASE_BASE_URL
 
-ENV BIOME_VERSION=${BIOME_VERSION}
-ENV BIOME_TAG_START=${BIOME_TAG_START}
+ADD ${BIOME_RELEASE_BASE_URL}/${BIOME_TAG_START}${BIOME_VERSION}/biome-linux-${ARCH} /usr/local/bin/biome
 
-ADD https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases/download/${BIOME_TAG_START}${BIOME_VERSION}/biome-linux-${ARCH}-musl /usr/local/bin/biome
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/biome \
+	&& mkdir -p /runtime-libs \
+	&& ldd /usr/local/bin/biome \
+		| awk '/=>/ { print $3 } /^\// { print $1 }' \
+		| sort -u \
+		| xargs -r -I '{}' cp --parents -L '{}' /runtime-libs
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Biome musl binary for Alpine
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS biome-musl
+
+ARG ARCH
+ARG BIOME_VERSION
+ARG BIOME_TAG_START
+ARG BIOME_RELEASE_BASE_URL
+
+ADD ${BIOME_RELEASE_BASE_URL}/${BIOME_TAG_START}${BIOME_VERSION}/biome-linux-${ARCH}-musl /usr/local/bin/biome
 
-# Install git and flag to repo safe
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/biome
-RUN apk add --no-cache git
-RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /code
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Shared git safe.directory configuration
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS git-config
+
+ARG SAFE_DIRECTORY="/code"
+
+RUN printf '[safe]\n\tdirectory = %s\n' "${SAFE_DIRECTORY}" > /etc/gitconfig
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Git runtime bundle for the distroless image
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS git-distroless
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates git \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=git-config /etc/gitconfig /etc/gitconfig
+
+RUN mkdir -p /distroless-git \
+	&& cp --parents /usr/bin/git /distroless-git \
+	&& cp -a --parents /usr/lib/git-core /distroless-git \
+	&& cp -a --parents /usr/share/git-core /distroless-git \
+	&& cp -a --parents /etc/gitconfig /distroless-git \
+	&& cp -a --parents /etc/ssl/certs /distroless-git \
+	&& { \
+		ldd /usr/bin/git; \
+		find /usr/lib/git-core -type f -executable -exec sh -c 'for file do ldd "$file" 2>/dev/null || true; done' sh '{}' +; \
+	} \
+		| awk '/=>/ { print $3 } /^\// { print $1 }' \
+		| sort -u \
+		| xargs -r -I '{}' cp --parents -L '{}' /distroless-git
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Alpine variant
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS alpine
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates git
+
+COPY --from=biome-musl /usr/local/bin/biome /usr/local/bin/biome
+COPY --from=git-config /etc/gitconfig /etc/gitconfig
+
+ENV GIT_PAGER=cat
+
+WORKDIR /code
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/biome"]
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Debian variant
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM debian:${DEBIAN_VERSION} AS debian
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+	&& apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates git \
+	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=biome-glibc /usr/local/bin/biome /usr/local/bin/biome
+COPY --from=git-config /etc/gitconfig /etc/gitconfig
+
+ENV GIT_PAGER=cat
+
+WORKDIR /code
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/biome"]
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Distroless default variant
+# ============================================================================
+
+FROM ${DISTROLESS_BASE} AS distroless
+
+COPY --from=biome-glibc /usr/local/bin/biome /usr/local/bin/biome
+COPY --from=biome-glibc /runtime-libs/ /
+COPY --from=git-distroless /distroless-git/ /
+
+ENV GIT_PAGER=cat
 
 WORKDIR /code
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/biome" ]
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/biome"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0172a49..413136d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,12 +9,20 @@ Supported architectures: `amd64`, `arm64`
 
 Docker images are available for all versions of Biome starting from `1.7.0`.
 
-Images are tagged with the following format:
+The default image variant is distroless.
+
+Images are tagged with the following formats:
 
 ```sh
 ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}
 ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}
 ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}.{patch}
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}-alpine
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}-alpine
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}.{patch}-alpine
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}-debian
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}-debian
+ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}.{patch}-debian
 ```
 
 ### Examples
@@ -22,6 +30,18 @@ ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:{major}.{minor}.{patch}
 - `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:1.9`
 - `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:1.9.4`
 - `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:latest`
+- `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:latest-alpine`
+- `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:latest-debian`
+- `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:1.9.4-alpine`
+- `ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:1.9.4-debian`
+
+## Variants
+
+- `distroless` (default): minimal runtime image with no shell or package manager
+- `alpine`: Alpine-based image using Biome's musl Linux binaries
+- `debian`: Debian-based image using Biome's glibc Linux binaries
+
+All variants include the `git` CLI and ship `/etc/gitconfig` with `/code` marked as a safe directory.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -43,4 +63,4 @@ docker run -v $(pwd):/code ghcr.io/biomejs/biome:1.9.4 format --write
 
 ## License
 
-This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).
\ No newline at end of file
+This project is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).