# Announcing Dockerfile Converter: Fast and Easy Migration to Use Chainguard Containers

DevFeed: [Announcing Dockerfile Converter: Fast and Easy Migration to Use Chainguard Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-dockerfile-converter-fast-and-easy-migration-to-use-chainguard-containers-12884.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-dockerfile-converter-fast-and-easy-migration-to-use-chainguard-containers>)

Published: 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-containers.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Dockerfile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dockerfile.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [chainguard-containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-containers.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [dockerfile-converter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dockerfile-converter.md>), [dockerfiles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dockerfiles.md>), [env-file-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/env-file-security.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [redhat-ubi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redhat-ubi.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard announces Dockerfile Converter, an open source CLI tool that helps developers migrate Dockerfiles to Chainguard Containers. It automates parts of the conversion process, reducing manual effort, configuration mistakes, and troubleshooting during adoption across teams. The local tool operates offline and converts image and package references, users, syntax differences, and entry points for the Chainguard ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

Dockerfile Converter is a new open source tool designed to reduce the manual toil engineers go through when migrating to Chainguard Containers.