diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 96b0dbf..cca4011 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ruby auto_build.rb base_slim_stable_${{ matrix.arch }}
 
+      - name: build web_only images for `main` branch
+        working-directory: image
+        run: |
+          ruby auto_build.rb base_web_only_main_${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+      - name: build web_only images for `stable` branch
+        working-directory: image
+        run: |
+          ruby auto_build.rb base_web_only_stable_${{ matrix.arch }}
+
       - name: build release images for `main` branch
         working-directory: image
         run: |
@@ -83,6 +93,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: tag release images
         run: |
+          docker tag discourse/base:build_web_only_main_${{ matrix.arch }} discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          docker tag discourse/base:build_web_only_stable_${{ matrix.arch }} discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-${{ matrix.arch }}
           docker tag discourse/base:build_release_main_${{ matrix.arch }} discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-main-${{ matrix.arch }}
           docker tag discourse/base:build_release_main_${{ matrix.arch }}_pg_15 discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-main-${{ matrix.arch }}-pg-15
           docker tag discourse/base:build_release_stable_${{ matrix.arch }} discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-stable-${{ matrix.arch }}
@@ -132,6 +144,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker login --username discoursebuild --password $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD
           docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-slim-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-${{ matrix.arch }}
           docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-main-${{ matrix.arch }}
           docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-main-${{ matrix.arch }}-pg-15
           docker push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-stable-${{ matrix.arch }}
@@ -163,6 +177,26 @@ jobs:
             -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-slim-amd64 \
             -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-slim-arm64
 
+          # Web-Only `main` timestamped
+          docker manifest create discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-amd64 \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-arm64
+
+          # Web-Only `main` release
+          docker manifest create discourse/base:web-only \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-amd64 \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-main-arm64
+
+          # Web-Only `stable` timestamped
+          docker manifest create discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-amd64 \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-arm64
+
+          # Web-Only `stable` release
+          docker manifest create discourse/base:web-only-stable \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-amd64 \
+            -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable-arm64
+
           # Full Discourse `main` branch timestamped
           docker manifest create discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }} \
             -a discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-main-amd64 \
@@ -200,6 +234,10 @@ jobs:
 
           docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-slim
           docker manifest push discourse/base:slim
+          docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only
+          docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-web-only-stable
+          docker manifest push discourse/base:web-only
+          docker manifest push discourse/base:web-only-stable
           docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}
           docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-pg-15
           docker manifest push discourse/base:2.0.${{ env.TIMESTAMP }}-stable
diff --git a/image/auto_build.rb b/image/auto_build.rb
index a684b0c..653005b 100644
--- a/image/auto_build.rb
+++ b/image/auto_build.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,31 @@ images = {
       "--platform linux/arm64 --target discourse_slim --build-arg=\"DISCOURSE_BRANCH=stable\"",
     use_cache: true,
   },
+  base_web_only_main_amd64: {
+    name: "base",
+    tag: "discourse/base:build_web_only_main_amd64",
+    extra_args: "--target discourse_web_only",
+    use_cache: true,
+  },
+  base_web_only_stable_amd64: {
+    name: "base",
+    tag: "discourse/base:build_web_only_stable_amd64",
+    extra_args: "--target discourse_web_only --build-arg=\"DISCOURSE_BRANCH=stable\"",
+    use_cache: true,
+  },
+  base_web_only_main_arm64: {
+    name: "base",
+    tag: "discourse/base:build_web_only_main_arm64",
+    extra_args: "--platform linux/arm64 --target discourse_web_only",
+    use_cache: true,
+  },
+  base_web_only_stable_arm64: {
+    name: "base",
+    tag: "discourse/base:build_web_only_stable_arm64",
+    extra_args:
+      "--platform linux/arm64 --target discourse_web_only --build-arg=\"DISCOURSE_BRANCH=stable\"",
+    use_cache: true,
+  },
   base_release_main_amd64: {
     name: "base",
     tag: "discourse/base:build_release_main_amd64",
diff --git a/image/base/Dockerfile b/image/base/Dockerfile
index a17ac18..744e8c7 100644
--- a/image/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/base/Dockerfile
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/log \
     sh -c "test -f /sbin/initctl || ln -s /bin/true /sbin/initctl"; \
     apt-get -y update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install runit socat \
     libpq-dev postgresql-client-${PG_MAJOR} \
-    postgresql-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-contrib-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-${PG_MAJOR}-pgvector \
     nodejs yarn &&\
     mkdir -p /etc/runit/1.d
 
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ ADD install-jemalloc /tmp/install-jemalloc
 RUN /tmp/install-jemalloc
 
 ADD install-redis /tmp/install-redis
-RUN /tmp/install-redis
 
 ADD install-oxipng /tmp/install-oxipng
 RUN /tmp/install-oxipng
@@ -145,14 +143,6 @@ RUN gem install pups --force &&\
 ADD thpoff.c /src/thpoff.c
 RUN gcc -o /usr/local/sbin/thpoff /src/thpoff.c && rm /src/thpoff.c
 
-# clean up for docker squash
-RUN rm -fr /usr/local/share/doc &&\
-    rm -fr /usr/local/share/ri &&\
-    rm -fr /var/lib/apt/lists/* &&\
-    rm -fr /root/.gem &&\
-    rm -fr /root/.npm &&\
-    rm -fr /tmp/*
-
 # this is required for aarch64 which uses buildx
 # see https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/150
 RUN rm -f /etc/service
@@ -168,7 +158,7 @@ RUN install -dm 0755 -o discourse -g discourse /var/www/discourse &&\
     sudo -u discourse git clone --branch $DISCOURSE_BRANCH --filter=tree:0 https://github.com/discourse/discourse.git /var/www/discourse &&\
     gem install bundler --conservative -v $(awk '/BUNDLED WITH/ { getline; gsub(/ /,""); print $0 }' /var/www/discourse/Gemfile.lock)
 
-FROM discourse_slim AS discourse_release
+FROM discourse_slim AS discourse_web_only
 ENV RAILS_ENV=production
 
 RUN cd /var/www/discourse &&\
@@ -181,3 +171,9 @@ RUN cd /var/www/discourse &&\
 
 RUN cd /var/www/discourse &&\
     sudo -u discourse /bin/bash -c 'if [ -f yarn.lock ]; then yarn install --frozen-lockfile && yarn cache clean; else pnpm install --frozen-lockfile; fi'
+
+FROM discourse_web_only AS discourse_release
+RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/log \
+  apt-get -y update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install \
+  postgresql-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-contrib-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-${PG_MAJOR}-pgvector
+RUN /tmp/install-redis
diff --git a/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile b/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
index 57545f3..1f62ff7 100644
--- a/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/image/discourse_dev/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ FROM discourse/base:$from_tag
 
 #LABEL maintainer="Sam Saffron \"https://twitter.com/samsaffron\""
 
+# Install Postgres and Redis
+RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/var/log \
+  apt-get -y update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install \
+  postgresql-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-contrib-${PG_MAJOR} postgresql-${PG_MAJOR}-pgvector
+RUN /tmp/install-redis
+
 # Remove the code added on base image
 RUN rm -rf /var/www/*