# apko: a year later

DevFeed: [apko: a year later](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/apko-a-year-later-12887.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/apko-a-year-later>)

Published: 2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [Unix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unix.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>), [Terraform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terraform.md>)

Tags: [alpine](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alpine.md>), [apk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apk.md>), [apko](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apko.md>), [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-enforce](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-enforce.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [distroless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distroless.md>), [golang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/golang.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [melange](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/melange.md>), [secure-software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-software-supply-chain.md>), [terraform-provider](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terraform-provider.md>), [wolfi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wolfi.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

This article reviews apko one year after its public release. It describes apko's native Go implementation of the apk package manager, which runs on UNIX-like systems including macOS and BSDs, and explains how its declarative YAML interface helped support an ecosystem that includes Chainguard Images, Melange, Wolfi, and a Terraform provider. The article presents apko as a foundation for secure software supply chains through images-as-code and frequent image rebuilds.

## Source excerpt

Dive in to apko and learn more about the project; where it's been in the past year, and where it's going.