RSN 57 - Docker image deprecation: rapidsai/miniforge-cuda#

Author

RAPIDS Ops

Status

Completed

Topic

Library Deprecation

RAPIDS Version

v26.02

Created

January 14, 2026

Updated

January 20, 2026

Overview#

RAPIDS v26.02 was the final release to publish rapidsai/miniforge-cuda container images.

Impact#

If you’re using rapidsai/miniforge-cuda (DockerHub link) in situations where pulling a prebuilt image is preferred to building your own, switch to rapidsai/ci-conda (DockerHub link).

If rapidsai/ci-conda does not meet your needs, consider using nvidia/cuda images together with micromamba (https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation/micromamba-installation.html).

docker run \
  --rm \
  --gpus all \
  -it nvidia/cuda:13.1.0-devel-ubuntu24.04 \
  bash

if [[ "$(arch)" == "x86_64" ]]; then
  micromamba_platform="linux-64"
else
  micromamba_platform="linux-aarch64"
fi
curl -Ls https://micro.mamba.pm/api/micromamba/${micromamba_platform}/latest | tar -xvj bin/micromamba

micromamba shell init
source ~/.bashrc

micromamba activate base
micromamba install --yes \
    -c rapidsai \
    -c conda-forge \
    rapids

For more details on this change, see https://github.com/rapidsai/ci-imgs/issues/345

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