Now, I understand we could build images without development tools, but for that there is some work needed (not only from the pharo side but also from the developer's point of view).

In the file server you can download latest minimal images both 32 and 64 bits (http://files.pharo.org/image/70/):

• Pharo-metacello-7.0.0-alpha.build.654.sha.494bbfc.arch.32bit.zip2018-03-06 10:314.4 MB
• Pharo-metacello-7.0.0-alpha.build.654.sha.494bbfc.arch.64bit.zip2018-03-06 10:314.5 MB

Those are ~4.5M zip files containing 10MB images and 9MB changes files. Probably that is small enough for you. We can do better but each line of code we remove is indeed a lot of work.

Those images have the following packages installed only:

- Language Kernel + Traits + Class builder + Slots

- RPackage

- FFI Kernel

- Opal Compiler + AST + Chunk files reader writers

- Announcements

- Collections

- Colors

- Files

- Others (Hermes, Jobs, Transcript, System packages, ��UIManager...)

- Zinc Character encoders and Buffered streams

- Network

- Monticello

- Metacello + Filetree

For a more detailed list, you can browse BaselineOfPharoBootstrap.

If you want an image that requires packages that are not there (like morphic), you should install them on top and specify those as dependencies of your project. That is what we do with the Pharo IDE. Take a look at BaselineOfIDE. Again, this could be enhanced and we will greatfully accept any contribution, or discuss on skype about the details or help people to get into this.