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Running a container is exactly my current solution as well.

Are there any other solutions that don't depend on glibc?

Guix (and I assume Nix as well, but I only know Guix) can create a package that is completely self contained including glibc. You can even have it be an AppImage https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Invoking-guix...