diff --git a/base/alpine-nim/.gitignore b/base/alpine-nim/.gitignore
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+nimcache
diff --git a/base/alpine-nim/Dockerfile b/base/alpine-nim/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.3
+
+ENV PATH=$PATH:/opt/Nim/bin:/root/.nimble/bin
+
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add libc-dev gcc curl libgcc git perl && \
+    rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+RUN mkdir -p /opt && cd /opt && \
+    curl -LO https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/archive/v0.13.0.tar.gz && \
+    tar zxf v0.13.0.tar.gz && rm -f v0.13.0.tar.gz && \
+    mv Nim-0.13.0 Nim && cd Nim && \
+    git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources && \
+    cd csources && sh build.sh && \
+    cd .. && ./bin/nim c koch && ./koch boot -d:release && \
+    nim e install_nimble.nims && \
+    rm -rf /opt/Nim/tests
+
+WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/base/alpine-nim/LICENSE b/base/alpine-nim/LICENSE
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+(The MIT License)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 James Cooper <james@bitmechanic.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/base/alpine-nim/README.md b/base/alpine-nim/README.md
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+
+## Overview
+
+NOTE: The image has moved to: https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/coopernurse/docker-nim/
+
+This is a quick attempt to get the Nim compiler and nimble package manager
+bundled into a Docker image.
+
+The base image is Alpine Linux (see: https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/alpine/)
+which keeps things slim.
+
+## Layout
+
+Nim is compiled from the latest github source and is in: `/opt/Nim`
+
+nimble is also compiled from source, but only the compiled binary is kept.
+
+`PATH` is updated to include: `/opt/Nim/bin` and `/root/.nimble/bin` so both
+`nim` and `nimble` will be in the PATH by default.
+
+`WORKDIR` is set to `/src` so if you `-v` mount your local directory to `/src` you can run the
+compiler directly without changing directory first.
+
+## Usage
+
+By using the `-v` flag with `docker run` you can use this image to compile your Nim sources without
+a local Nim installation.  For example, to compile and run `hello.nim` from this repo:
+
+    docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/src coopernurse/docker-nim nim c -r --verbosity:0 hello.nim
+
+Or to compile to a binary:
+
+    docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/src coopernurse/docker-nim nim c hello.nim
+
diff --git a/base/alpine-nim/hello.nim b/base/alpine-nim/hello.nim
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+echo "Hello World"