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Awesome Docker

:whale: A curated list of Docker resources and projects

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This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.

Official Projects

Moby

The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

In 9 listsDetails

Docker Hub

is the world's largest library and community for container images Browse over 100,000 container images from software vendors, open-source projects, and the community.

In 3 lists

Docker Compose

Define and run multi-container applications with Docker.

In 8 listsDetails

Docker Registry

The Docker toolset to pack, ship, store, and deliver content

Engine & Runtime

colima

Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup.

In 5 listsDetails

containerd

An open and reliable container runtime.

In 4 listsDetails

cri-o

Open Container Initiative-based implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface.

In 3 lists

gVisor

Application Kernel for Containers.

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lxc

LXC - Linux Containers.

In 3 lists

Mocker

Docker-compatible container CLI for macOS, built on Apple's Containerization framework.

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podman

Libpod is a library used to create container pods. Home of Podman.

In 3 lists

runc

CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification.

In 4 listsDetails

runtime-tools

Oci-runtime-tool is a collection of tools for working with the OCI runtime specification.

youki

Container runtime written in Rust, implementing the OCI runtime specification.

In 2 lists

Building Images >Builder

ansible-bender

A tool utilising ansible and buildah.

apko

Declarative OCI image builder from apk packages; reproducible by design.

buildah

A tool that facilitates building OCI images.

In 2 lists

BuildKit

Concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit.

In 3 lists

buildx

Official Docker CLI plugin for multi-platform builds backed by BuildKit.

In 2 lists

cekit

A tool used by openshift to build base images using different build engines.

dlayer

Docker layer analyzer.

docker-companion

A command line tool written in Golang to squash and unpack docker images.

docker-repack

Repacks a Docker image into a smaller, more efficient version that makes it significantly faster to pull.

DockerSlim

shrinks fat Docker images creating the smallest possible images.

earthly

Containerized build automation with Dockerfile-meets-Makefile syntax.

In 3 lists

essex

Boilerplate for Docker Based Projects: Essex is a CLI utility written in bash to quickly setup clean and consistent Docker projects with Makefile driven workflows.

HPC Container Maker

Generates Dockerfiles from a high level Python recipe, including building blocks for High-Performance Computing components.

In 2 lists

img

Standalone, daemon-less, unprivileged Dockerfile and OCI compatible container image builder.

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ko

Build and deploy Go applications as container images without a Dockerfile.

In 3 lists

nix2container

Build OCI images with Nix without docker load round-trips.

In 2 lists

packer

Hashicorp tool to build machine images including docker image integrated with configuration management tools like chef, puppet, ansible.

Production-Ready Python Containers

yen: A template for creating production-ready Docker images for Python applications.

RAUDI

A tool to automatically update (and optionally push to Docker Hub) Docker Images for 3rd party software whenever theres is a new release/update/commit.

runlike

Generate docker runcommand and options from running containers.

In 2 lists

Whaler

Program to reverse Docker images into Dockerfiles.

In 3 lists

Building Images >Base Images

Chainguard Images

Minimal, signed, SBOM-attested container images built on Wolfi.

distroless

Language focused docker images, minus the operating system.

melange

Build apk packages from declarative YAML for use with apko.

pglayers

Pre-built PostgreSQL extensions as composable Docker layers. 50+ extensions, ready-to-use combined images (full, Azure-compatible).

Wolfi

Undistro Linux designed for containers; glibc-based, signed, daily SBOMs.

Building Images >Dockerfile

Dockerfile Generator

dfg is both a Go library and an executable that produces valid Dockerfiles using various input channels.

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Dockershelf

A repository that serves as a collector for docker recipes that are universal, efficient and slim. Images are updated, tested and published daily via a Travis cron job.

Dofigen

A Dockerfile generator using a simplified description in YAML or JSON format.

In 2 lists

Trsuted Builds

Trusted Automated Docker Builds. Dockerfile Project maintains a central repository of Dockerfile for various popular open source software services runnable on a Docker container.

Building Images >Linter

Dockadvisor

Lightweight Dockerfile linter with 60+ rules, quality scoring, and security checks.

docker-image-size-limit

A tool to keep an eye on your docker images size.

In 2 lists

Hadolint

A Dockerfile linter that checks for best practices, common mistakes, and is also able to lint any bash written in RUN instructions;.

In 3 lists

Image Lifecycle >Registry

Amazon Elastic Container Registry

yen: Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images.

In 2 lists

Azure Container Registry

yen: Manage a Docker private registry as a first-class Azure resource.

Cloudsmith

yen: A fully managed package management SaaS, with first-class support for public and private Docker registries (and many others, incl. Helm charts for the Kubernetes ecosystem). Has a generous free-tier and is also completely free for open-source.

Container Registry Service

yen: Harbor based Container Management Solution as a Service for teams and organizations. Free tier offers 1 GB storage for private repositories.

Cycle.io

yen: Bare-metal container hosting.

In 3 lists

DigitalOcean

yen: DigitalOcean Container Registry.

In 2 lists

Docker Hub

is the world's largest library and community for container images Browse over 100,000 container images from software vendors, open-source projects, and the community.

In 3 lists

Docker Registry

The Docker toolset to pack, ship, store, and deliver content

Dragonfly

Provide efficient, stable and secure file distribution and image acceleration based on p2p technology.

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GCP Artifact Registry

yen: Fast, private Docker image storage on Google Cloud Platform.

Gitea Container Registry

Integrated Docker registry in Gitea, ideal for private, small-scale image hosting.

GitHub Container Registry

GitHub's solution for storing and managing Docker images, with tight integration into GitHub Actions.

GitLab Container Registry

Registry focused on using its images in GitLab CI.

Granite Registry

yen: Store private Docker images alongside the workloads that pull them, with scoped read-only and read-write keys.

Harbor

An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content. Supports replication, user management, access control and activity auditing.

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JFrog Artifactory

yen: Artifact Repository Manager, can be used as private Docker Registry as well.

In 3 lists

kontain.me

On-demand container image registry that builds and serves images when they are pulled.

Kraken

Uber's Highly scalable P2P docker registry, capable of distributing TBs of data in seconds.

In 2 lists

NORA

Lightweight multi-protocol artifact registry supporting Docker, Maven, npm, Cargo and PyPI in a single 32MB binary. Pull-through cache, Web UI, Prometheus metrics, RBAC auth.

In 2 lists

nscr

A light-weight, self-contained container registry that's easy to run and maintain.

Quay.io

yen: Secure hosting for private Docker repositories.

In 3 lists

Registryo

UI and token based authentication server for onpremise docker registry.

RepoFlow

A simple and easy-to-use package management platform with Docker support alongside other formats like PyPI, Maven, npm, and Helm. Includes smart search, built-in Docker image scanning, and a great free option for both self-hosted and cloud use.

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Sonatype Nexus Repository

Manage binaries and build artifacts across your software supply chain.

Image Lifecycle >Registry CLI

crane

Lightweight CLI to manipulate registry images, from go-containerregistry.

In 3 lists

oras

Push and pull arbitrary OCI artifacts to and from any OCI registry.

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regctl

Daemonless registry client; copy, inspect, modify, and sign OCI images.

skopeo

Work with remote image registries: retrieve information, copy images, sign content.

In 3 lists

Image Lifecycle >Image Scanning & SBOM

Anchor

A tool to ensure reproducible builds by pinning dependencies inside your Dockerfiles.

Anchor Enterprise

yen: Analyze images for CVE vulnerabilities and against custom security policies.

BomLens

Scan container images (plus source, binaries, and firmware) into CycloneDX SBOMs with vulnerability, license, and notice reports. Ships as a single Docker image with a web UI.

Clair

Clair is an open source project for the static analysis of vulnerabilities in appc and docker containers.

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Docker Scout

Official Docker CLI for SBOM generation, vulnerability analysis, and policy evaluation.

Grype

A vulnerability scanner for container images, filesystems and SBOMs.

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oscap-docker

OpenSCAP provides oscap-docker tool which is used to scan Docker containers and images.

In 2 lists

pindock

Pin and update Docker image digests in Dockerfiles and compose files.

Syft

CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems.

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Trivy

Aqua Security's open source simple and comprehensive vulnerability scanner for containers (suitable for CI).

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Image Lifecycle >Supply Chain

cosign

Container signing, verification, and transparency log for OCI artifacts.

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in-toto

Framework for supply chain attestations; underpins SLSA and cosign provenance.

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policy-controller

Kubernetes admission controller enforcing cosign signatures on container images.

witness

Generate and verify in-toto attestations across the build pipeline.

Running Containers >Composition

Composerize

Convert docker run commands into docker-compose files.

ctk

Visual composer for container based workloads.

kompose

Go from Docker Compose to Kubernetes.

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plash

A container run and build engine - runs inside docker.

In 2 lists

podman-compose

A script to run docker-compose.yml using podman.

Smalte

Dynamically configure applications that require static configuration in docker container.

In 2 lists

Running Containers >Orchestration

CloudSlang

CloudSlang is a workflow engine to create Docker process automation.

docker rollout

Zero downtime deployment for Docker Compose services.

Kubernetes

Open source orchestration system for Docker containers by Google.

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Mesos

Resource/Job scheduler for containers, VM's and physical hosts.

In 3 lists

Nebula

A Docker orchestration tool designed to manage massive scale distributed clusters.

Nomad

Easily deploy applications at any scale. A Distributed, Highly Available, Datacenter-Aware Scheduler.

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Rancher

An open source project that provides a complete platform for operating Docker in production.

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Swarm-cronjob

Create jobs on a time-based schedule on Swarm.

Running Containers >Deployment & Platforms

Amazon ECS

yen: A management service on EC2 that supports Docker containers.

In 3 lists

Appfleet

yen: Edge platform to deploy and manage containerized services globally; routes traffic to the closest location for low latency.

Azure AKS

yen: Fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration service.

blackfish

A CoreOS VM to build swarm clusters for Dev & Production.

BosnD

BosnD, the boatswain daemon - A dynamic configuration file writer & service reloader for dynamically changing container environments.

caprover

[Previously known as CaptainDuckDuck] Automated Scalable Webserver Package (automated Docker+nginx) - Heroku on Steroids.

In 2 lists

Cloud 66

yen: Full-stack hosted container management as a service.

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Cloud Run Compose

yen: Deploy docker-compose.yaml files directly to Google Cloud Run as a managed service.

Convox Rack

Convox Rack is open source PaaS built on top of expert infrastructure automation and devops best practices.

In 2 lists

docker-to-iac

Translate docker run and commit into Infrastructure as Code templates for AWS, Render.com and DigitalOcean.

doco-cd

Lightweight GitOps and Continuous Deployment tool to deploy Docker Compose projects and Swarm stacks using polling and webhooks.

Dokku

Docker powered mini-Heroku that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications.

In 2 lists

Exoframe

A self-hosted tool that allows simple one-command deployments using Docker.

Giant Swarm

yen: Simple microservice infrastructure. Deploy your containers in seconds.

In 3 lists

Google Container Engine

yen: Docker containers on Google Cloud Computing powered by Kubernetes.

Grafeas

A common API for metadata about containers, from image and build details to security vulnerabilities.

In 2 lists

Mesosphere DC/OS Platform

yen: Integrated platform for data and containers built on Apache Mesos.

OpenRun

Builds, deploys, proxies, authenticates and auto-pauses web apps with Docker or Kubernetes.

In 3 lists

OpenShift

An open source PaaS built on Kubernetes and optimized for Dockerized app development and deployment by Red Hat

In 2 lists

Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated

yen: Fully-managed Red Hat® OpenShift® service on Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

swarm-ansible

Swarm-Ansible bootstraps a production-ready swarm cluster using ansible. Comes with tools to automate CI, help monitoring and traefik pre-configured for SSL certificates and simple-auth. Comes with a private registry and more!.

SwarmManagement

Swarm Management is a python application, installed with pip. The application makes it easy to manage a Docker Swarm by configuring a single yaml file describing which stacks to deploy, and which networks, configs or secrets to create.

Triton

yen: Elastic container-native infrastructure.

In 2 lists

Tsuru

Tsuru is an extensible and open source Platform as a Service software.

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werf

Werf is a CI/CD tool for building Docker images efficiently and deploying them to Kubernetes using GitOps.

In 2 lists

Running Containers >Garbage Collection

docker-custodian

Keep docker hosts tidy.

Docuum

Least recently used (LRU) eviction of Docker images.

Networking & Proxies >Networking

Calico

Calico is a pure layer 3 virtual network that allows containers over multiple docker-hosts to talk to each other.

In 3 lists

docker-dns

Lightweight DNS forwarder for Docker containers, resolves container names with custom suffixes (e.g. .docker) on the host to simplify service discovery.

Flannel

Flannel is a virtual network that gives a subnet to each host for use with container runtimes.

In 2 lists

netshoot

The netshoot container has a powerful set of networking tools to help troubleshoot Docker networking issues.

In 3 lists

Pipework

Software-Defined Networking for Linux Containers, Pipework works with "plain" LXC containers, and with the awesome Docker.

registrator

Service registry bridge for Docker.

In 2 lists

Networking & Proxies >Reverse Proxy

BunkerWeb

Open-source and next-gen Web Application Firewall (WAF).

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caddy-docker-proxy

Caddy-based reverse proxy, configured with service or container labels.

In 2 lists

caddy-docker-upstreams

Docker upstreams module for Caddy, configured with container labels.

Docker Dnsmasq Updater

Update a remote dnsmasq server with Docker container hostnames.

docker-flow-proxy

Reconfigures proxy every time a new service is deployed, or when a service is scaled.

Let's Encrypt Nginx-proxy Companion

A lightweight companion container for the nginx-proxy. It allow the creation/renewal of Let's Encrypt certificates automatically.

mesh-router

Free domain(nsl.sh) provider for Docker containers with automatic HTTPS routing. Uses Wireguard VPN to securely route subdomain requests across networks. Ideal for self-hosted NAS and cloud deployments.

Nginx Proxy Manager

A beautiful web interface for proxying web based services with SSL.

nginx-proxy

Automated nginx proxy for Docker containers using docker-gen.

In 3 lists

OpenResty Manager

The easiest using, powerful and beautiful OpenResty Manager(Nginx Enhanced Version), open source alternative to OpenResty Edge.

In 2 lists

Swarm Router

A zero config service name based router for docker swarm mode with a fresh and more secure approach.

Træfɪk

Automated reverse proxy and load-balancer for Docker, Mesos, Consul, Etcd.

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Storage & Data

Docker Volume Backup

Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3 compatible storage.

In 2 lists

Label Backup

A lightweight, Docker-aware backup agent that automatically discovers and backs up containerized databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis) based on Docker labels. Supports local storage and S3-compatible destinations with flexible scheduling via cron expressions.

Netshare

Docker NFS, AWS EFS, Ceph & Samba/CIFS Volume Plugin.

portworx

yen: Decentralized storage solution for persistent, shared and replicated volumes.

quobyte

yen: Fully fault-tolerant distributed file system with a docker volume driver.

resq

Restic-powered Docker backups for volumes, databases, and .env files, with or without stopping containers. Works with local, SSH, or any S3 compatible storage.

REX-Ray

provides a vendor agnostic storage orchestration engine. The primary design goal is to provide persistent storage for Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos.

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Observability

ADRG

Dynamic Docker resource governor using cgroups v2 to manage system load.

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AppDynamics

yen: Docker Monitoring extension gathers metrics from the Docker Remote API, either using Unix Socket or TCP.

Autoheal

Monitor and restart unhealthy docker containers automatically.

Better Stack

yen: A Docker-compatible observability stack that delivers log aggregation and uptime monitoring for containerized apps.

cAdvisor

Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers.

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Datadog

yen: Full-stack monitoring service with first-class Docker, Kubernetes, and Mesos support.

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DLIA

DLIA is an AI-powered Docker log monitoring agent that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to intelligently analyze container logs, detect anomalies, and provide contextual insights over time.

docker-exporter

Lightweight Prometheus exporter for Docker container metrics written in Rust. Correct cgroup v2 memory working set on ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 5), runs non-root with a read-only socket, ~7 MiB idle RAM.

Docker-Sentinel

Automated container updates with per-container policies, rollback safety, and a real-time web dashboard.

DockProbe

Lightweight Docker monitoring dashboard in a single container. Real-time metrics, 6 anomaly detection rules, Telegram alerts, and 16 automated security scans. Zero config, ~50MB RAM.

DockProc

I/O monitoring for containers on processlevel.

dockprom

Docker hosts and containers monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, cAdvisor, NodeExporter and AlertManager.

Doku

Doku is a simple web-based application that allows you to monitor Docker disk usage.

In 2 lists

Drydock

Container update monitoring with web dashboard, 23 registry providers, 20 notification triggers, and distributed agent architecture.

Dynatrace

yen: Monitor containerized applications without installing agents or modifying your Run commands.

Grafana Docker Dashboard Template

A template for your Docker, Grafana and Prometheus stack.

InfraCanvas

Live visual map of containers, pods, volumes, and networks on any Linux server. Single binary, WebSocket-powered live updates.

Maintenant

Self-discovering infrastructure monitoring for Docker and Kubernetes. Auto-detects containers via labels, with endpoint monitoring, heartbeats, TLS certificates, resource metrics, update intelligence, and a built-in status page. Single binary with embedded SPA.

Middleware

yen: Monitor Docker hosts, containers, logs, and application performance from a unified observability platform.

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Site24x7

yen: Docker Monitoring for DevOps and IT, SaaS Pay-per-Host model.

Sysdig Monitor

yen: Software or SaaS service that monitors, alerts, and troubleshoots containers using system calls; container-specific features for Docker and Kubernetes.

Wiremap

A self-hosted visual Docker network topology explorer with real-time log streaming, live stats, embedded terminal, and container inspection.

Security

Aqua Security

yen: Securing container-based applications from Dev to Production on any platform.

buildcage

Restricts outbound network access during Docker builds to prevent supply chain attacks, working as a drop-in BuildKit remote driver for Docker Buildx, with ready-to-use GitHub Actions.

CetusGuard

CetusGuard is a tool that protects the Docker daemon socket by filtering calls to its API endpoints.

Checkov

Static analysis for infrastructure as code manifests (Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloudformation, Helm, Dockerfile, Kustomize) find security misconfiguration and fix them.

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compose-lint

Lints Docker Compose files for security misconfigurations — privileged containers, unpinned images, Docker socket mounts, plaintext credentials — grounded in OWASP and the CIS Docker Benchmark.

container-explorer

Forensic utility to explore Docker and containerd container details from mounted disk images.

Deepfence Threat Mapper

Powerful runtime vulnerability scanner for kubernetes, virtual machines and serverless.

In 6 listsDetails

Den

Self-hosted sandbox runtime for AI agents with Docker containers, security hardening, REST API and WebSocket support.

In 3 lists

docker-bench-security

Script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production.

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docker-socket-proxy

HAProxy-based fine-grained filter for the Docker API socket; widely used to expose a restricted socket to reverse proxies and homelab stacks.

KICS

An infrastructure-as-code scanning tool, find security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and infrastructure misconfigurations early in the development cycle. Can be extended for additional policies.

In 5 listsDetails

Prisma Cloud

yen: (Previously Twistlock Security Suite) detects vulnerabilities, hardens container images, and enforces security policies across the lifecycle of applications.

segspec

Extracts network dependencies from Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and other config files to generate Kubernetes NetworkPolicies with evidence tracing.

In 2 lists

Sysdig Falco

Sysdig Falco is an open source container security monitor. It can monitor application, container, host, and network activity and alert on unauthorized activity.

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Sysdig Secure

yen: Sysdig Secure addresses run-time security through behavioral monitoring and defense, and provides deep forensics based on open source Sysdig for incident response.

Trend Micro DeepSecurity

yen: Trend Micro DeepSecurity offers runtime protection for container workloads and hosts as well as preruntime scanning of images to identify vulnerabilities, malware and content such as hardcoded secrets.

User Interfaces >Desktop

Docker DB Manager

Desktop app for managing Docker database containers with visual interface and one-click operations.

Docker Desktop

Official native app. Only for Windows and MacOS.

In 3 lists

Gantry (Desktop)

Native macOS app (SwiftUI, no Electron) for managing and monitoring Docker hosts, local and over SSH: fleet dashboard, live logs and stats, exec terminal, file browser, and a bundled MCP server for AI agents.

In 3 lists

Simple Docker UI

Built on Electron.

Stevedore

Good Docker Desktop replacement for Windows. Both Linux and Windows Containers are supported. slonopotamus.

User Interfaces >Terminal

bosun

A keyboard-driven terminal UI for Docker with compose project grouping, live logs, stats, and shell access.

d4s

A fast, keyboard-driven terminal UI to manage Docker containers, Compose stacks, and Swarm services with the ergonomics of K9s.

dcinja

The powerful and smallest binary size of template engine for docker command line environment.

dctl

Dctl is a Cli tool that helps developers by allowing them to execute all docker compose commands anywhere in the terminal, and more.

decompose

Reverse-engineering tool for docker environments.

In 4 listsDetails

dive

A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image.

In 9 listsDetails

docker pushrm

A Docker CLI plugin that lets you push the README.md file from the current directory to Docker Hub. Also supports Quay and Harbor.

In 4 listsDetails

docker-captain

A friendly CLI to manage multiple Docker Compose deployments with style — powered by Typer, Rich, questionary, and sh.

dockerfile-mode

An Emacs mode for handling Dockerfiles.

dockerfilegraph

Visualize your multi-stage Dockerfiles.

dockly

An interactive shell UI for managing Docker containers.

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DockMate

Lightweight terminal-based Docker and Podman manager with a text-based user interface,.

DockSTARTer

DockSTARTer helps you get started with home server apps running in Docker.

In 3 lists

DockTUI

Fast, zero-dependency terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose.

dockup

TUI to install, harden and maintain container runtimes: Docker Engine + Compose v2, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, Podman and Apple container, with a CIS-inspired security audit.

dprs

A developer-focused TUI for managing Docker containers with real-time log streaming and container management.

dry

An interactive CLI for Docker containers.

In 3 lists

easydocker

A Terminal UI highly inpired by k9s levaraging beatiful BubbleTea graphics.

goManageDocker

TUI tool to view and manage your docker objects blazingly fast with sensible keybindings, also supports VIM navigation out of the box.

layerx

Inspect container image layers in a TUI — browse filesystem diffs, view file contents inline, sort by size, extract individual files, and gate CI on efficiency thresholds. Supports Docker, Podman, and OCI archives.

In 2 lists

lazydocker

The lazier way to manage everything docker. A simple terminal UI for both docker and docker-compose, written in Go with the gocui library.

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lazyjournal

A interface for reading and filtering the logs output of Docker and Podman containers like Dozzle but for the terminal with support for fuzzy find, regex and output coloring.

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oxker

A simple tui to view & control docker containers.

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proco

Proco will help you to organise and manage Docker, Docker-Compose, Kubernetes projects of any complexity using simple YAML config files to shorten the route from finding your project to initialising it in your local environment.

scuba

Transparently use Docker containers to encapsulate software build environments,.

supdock

Allows for slightly more visual usage of Docker with an interactive prompt.

swarmcli

Swarm Management at the speed of thought — with real-time log streaming, instant shell access to containers, seamless port forwarding, and on-demand secret reveal capabilities, giving you full control over your Docker Swarm without breaking your flow.

tdocker

A docker ps replacement for everyday container operations.

wharf

A k9s-inspired TUI for Docker Compose with vim-style navigation, real-time CPU/MEM monitoring with braille charts, container file browser, SSH remote host support, and command mode.

User Interfaces >Web

Arcane

An easy and modern Docker management platform, built with everybody in mind.

In 2 lists

CASA

Outsource the administration of a handful of containers to your co-workers,.

Container Web TTY

Connect your containers via a web-tty.

Docker Commander

A self-hosted Docker management and monitoring UI with multi-host support, Compose management, aggregated logs, alerts, RBAC, vulnerability scanning, and MCP integration.

Docker Registry Browser

Web Interface for the Docker Registry HTTP API v2.

docker-swarm-visualizer

Visualizes Docker services on a Docker Swarm (for running demos).

dockge

Easy-to-use and reactive self-hosted docker compose.yaml stack-oriented manager.

In 3 lists

DockScope

Visualizes Docker containers in a 3D dependency graph with live metrics, logs, and an in-browser terminal.

Komodo

A tool to build and deploy software on many servers.

Portainer

A lightweight management UI for managing your Docker hosts or Docker Swarm clusters.

In 8 listsDetails

Swarmpit

Swarmpit provides simple and easy to use interface for your Docker Swarm cluster. You can manage your stacks, services, secrets, volumes, networks etc.

In 2 lists

usulnet

A complete and modern Docker management platform designed for sysadmin, devops with enterprise grade tools, cve scanner, ssh, rdp on web and much more.

User Interfaces >IDE Integrations

docker.el

Manage docker from Emacs.

Developer Workflow >API Client

contajners

An idiomatic, data-driven, REPL friendly Clojure client for OCI container engines.

Docker Client for JVM

A Docker remote api client library for the JVM, written in Groovy.

Docker Client TypeScript

Docker API client for JavaScript, automatically generated from Swagger API definition from moby repository.

docker-controller-bot

Telegram bot to control docker containers.

docker-maven-plugin

A Maven plugin for running and creating Docker images.

In 2 lists

Docker.DotNet

C#/.NET HTTP client for the Docker remote API.

In 3 lists

Docker.Registry.DotNet

.NET (C#) Client Library for interacting with a Docker Registry API (v2).

dockerode

Docker Remote API node.js module.

In 2 lists

go-dockerclient

Go HTTP client for the Docker remote API.

In 3 lists

Gradle Docker plugin

A Docker remote api plugin for Gradle.

Portainer stack utils

Bash script to deploy/update/undeploy Docker stacks in a Portainer instance from a docker-compose yaml file.

sbt-docker

Create Docker images directly from sbt.

Developer Workflow >CI/CD

Buddy

yen: The best of Git, build & deployment tools combined into one powerful tool that supercharged our development.

In 4 listsDetails

Captain

Convert your Git workflow to Docker containers ready for Continuous Delivery.

In 2 lists

CircleCI

yen: Push or pull Docker images from your build environment, or build and run containers right on CircleCI.

In 13 listsDetails

CodeFresh

yen: End-to-end build, test, and share for Docker applications, with automated testing.

ConcourseCI

yen: Pipeline-oriented CI SaaS platform for DevOps teams.

In 7 listsDetails

Defang

Deploy Docker Compose to your favorite cloud in minutes.

In 3 lists

Depot

yen: Build Docker images fast, in the cloud. Blazing fast compute, automatic intelligent caching, and zero configuration.

In 3 lists

Diun

Receive notifications when an image or repository is updated on a Docker registry.

In 3 lists

dockcheck

A script checking updates for docker images without pulling then auto-update selected/all containers. With notifications, pruning and more.

Docker plugin for Jenkins

The aim of the docker plugin is to be able to use a docker host to dynamically provision a slave, run a single build, then tear-down that slave.

Drone

Continuous integration server built on Docker and configured using YAML files.

In 7 listsDetails

Gantry

Automatically update selected Docker swarm services.

GitLab Runner

GitLab has integrated CI to test, build and deploy your code with the use of GitLab runners.

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Jaypore CI

Simple, very flexible, powerful CI / CD / automation system configured in Python. Offline and local first.

Kraken CI

Modern CI/CD, open-source, on-premise system that is highly scalable and focused on testing. One of its executors is Docker. Developed.

Screwdriver

yen: Yahoo's OpenSource buildplatform designed for Continous Delivery.

Self Hosted Runner

Dockerized solution for setting up a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner with support for Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Semaphore CI

yen: High-performance cloud CI that builds, tests and ships containers to production.

Skipper

Easily dockerize your Git repository.

Tekton CD

A cloud-native pipeline resource.

In 3 lists

TravisCI

yen: Hosted CI for GitHub projects with Docker support.

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Developer Workflow >Development Environment

coder

Remote development machines powered by Terraform or Docker.

In 3 lists

dde

Local development environment toolset based on Docker.

DIP

CLI utility for straightforward provisioning and interacting with an application configured by docker-compose.

EnvCLI

Replace your local installation of Node, Go, ... with project-specific docker containers.

Gebug

A tool that makes debugging of Dockerized Go applications super easy by enabling Debugger and Hot-Reload features, seamlessly.

In 3 lists

HarborPilot

Automated multi-platform Docker image builder for embedded Linux development (RK3588, RV1126, RK3568). Features three-layer config inheritance, PORT_SLOT-based port allocation, and cross-version Ubuntu support (20.04/22.04/24.04).

Lando

Lando is for developers who want to quickly specify and painlessly spin up the services and tools needed to develop their projects.

Laradock

Full PHP development environment based on Docker, running Nginx/Apache, PHP, MySQL, Redis and more as swappable Compose services.

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uniget

Uni(versal)get, the installer and updater for container tools and beyond (formerly docker-setup).

Zsh-in-Docker

Install Zsh, Oh-My-Zsh and plugins inside a Docker container with one line!.

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Developer Workflow >Serverless

Apache OpenWhisk

A serverless, open source cloud platform that executes functions in response to events at any scale.

In 2 lists

Koyeb

yen: Koyeb is a developer-friendly serverless platform to deploy apps globally. Seamlessly run Docker containers, web apps, and APIs with git-based deployment, native autoscaling, a global edge network, and built-in service mesh and discovery.

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OpenFaaS

A complete serverless functions framework for Docker and Kubernetes.

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Developer Workflow >Testing

Container Structure Test

A framework to validate the structure of an image by checking the outputs of commands or the contents of the filesystem.

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dgoss

A fast YAML based tool for validating docker containers.

In 2 lists

Kurtosis

A composable build system for multi-container test environments that provides developers with: a powerful Python-like SDK for environment configuration, a compile-time validator to verify environment behavior & setup, and a runtime for environment execution, monitoring, & debugging capabilities.

In 2 lists

Pumba

Chaos testing tool for Docker. Can be deployed on kubernetes and CoreOS cluster.

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Developer Workflow >Wrappers

Hokusai

A Docker + Kubernetes CLI for application developers; used to containerize an application and to manage its lifecycle throughout development, testing, and release cycles. From artsy.

Preevy

Preview environments for Docker and Docker Compose projects. Test your changes and get feedback from devs and non-devs (Product/Design) by deploying pull requests to the your cloud provider as part of your CI pipeline.

subuser

Makes it easy to securely and portably run graphical desktop applications in Docker.

In 2 lists

udocker

A tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges.

In 2 lists

Vagrant - Docker provider

Good starting point is vagrant-docker-example.

In-Container Tooling

cdebug

Swiss-army knife for debugging running containers via ephemeral sidecars; works with Docker, containerd, and Kubernetes.

ckron

A cron-style job scheduler for docker,.

CoreOS

Linux for Massive Server Deployments

docker-gen

Generate files from docker container meta-data.

dockerize

Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers.

GoSu

Run this specific application as this specific user and get out of the pipeline (entrypoint script tool).

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is-docker

Check if the process is running inside a Docker container.

microcheck

Lightweight health check utilities for Docker containers (75 KB instead of 9.3 MB for httpcheck versus cURL) in pure C - http(s), port checks, and parallel execution are included.

Ofelia

Ofelia is a modern and low footprint job scheduler for docker environments, built on Go. Ofelia aims to be a replacement for the old fashioned cron. Supports configuration from container labels and/or configuration files.

su-exec

This is a simple tool that will simply execute a program with different privileges. The program will be executed directly and not run as a child, like su and sudo does, which avoids TTY and signal issues. Why reinvent gosu? This does more or less exactly the same thing as gosu but it is only 10kb…

supercronic

Crontab-compatible job runner, designed specifically to run in containers.

Where to Start

Benefits of using Docker

for development and delivery, with a practical roadmap for adoption.

Bootstrapping Microservices

A practical and project-based guide to building applications with microservices, starts by building a Docker image for a single microservice and publishing it to a private container registry, finishes by deploying a complete microservices application to a production Kubernetes cluster.

In 2 lists

Docker Curriculum

A comprehensive tutorial for getting started with Docker. Teaches how to use Docker and deploy dockerized apps on AWS with Elastic Beanstalk and Elastic Container Service.

In 2 lists

Docker Documentation

the official documentation.

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Docker for beginners

A tutorial for beginners who need to learn the basics of Docker—from "Hello world!" to basic interactions with containers, with simple explanations of the underlying concepts.

Docker for novices

An introduction to Docker for developers and testers who have never used it. (Video 1h40, recorded linux.conf.au 2019 — Christchurch, New Zealand)

Docker katas

A series of labs that will take you from "Hello Docker" to deploying a containerized web application to a server.

In 2 lists

Docker simplified in 55 seconds

An animated high-level introduction to Docker. Think of it as a visual tl;dr that makes it easier to dive into more complex learning materials.

Docker Training

yen:

Dockerlings

Learn docker from inside your terminal, with a modern TUI and bite sized exercises.

Introduction à Docker

A dedicated section to master Docker on a French site about DevSecOps: From the basics to best practices, including optimizing, securing your containers...

Learn Docker

step-by-step tutorial and more resources (video, articles, cheat sheets)

Learn Docker (Visually)

A beginner-focused high-level overview of all the major components of Docker and how they fit together. Lots of high-quality images, examples, and resources.

Play With Docker

PWD is a great way to get started with Docker from beginner to advanced users. Docker runs directly in your browser.

In 2 lists

Practical Guide about Docker Commands in Spanish

This Spanish guide contains the use of basic docker commands with real life examples.

Setting Python Development Environment with VScode and Docker

A step-by-step tutorial for setting up a dockerized Python development environment with VScode, Docker, and the Dev Container extension.

The Docker Handbook

An open-source book that teaches you the fundamentals, best practices and some intermediate Docker functionalities. The book is hosted on fhsinchy/the-docker-handbook and the projects are hosted on fhsinchy/docker-handbook-projects repository.

eon01

dimonomid

(PDF)

JensPiegsa

wsargent

(Most popular)

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Where to Start (Windows)

Docker on Windows behind a firewall

Docker Reference Architecture: Modernizing Traditional .NET Framework Applications

You will learn to identify the types of .NET Framework applications that are good candidates for containerization, the "lift-and-shift" approach to containerization.

Docker with Microsoft SQL 2016 + ASP.NET

Demonstration running ASP.NET and SQL Server workloads in Docker

Exploring ASP.NET Core with Docker in both Linux and Windows Containers

Running ASP.NET Core apps in Linux and Windows containers, using Docker for Windows

Running a Legacy ASP.NET App in a Windows Container

Steps for Dockerizing a legacy ASP.NET app and running as a Windows container

Windows Containers and Docker: The 101

A 20-minute overview, using Docker to run PowerShell, ASP.NET Core and ASP.NET apps.

Windows Containers Quick Start

Overview of Windows containers, drilling down to Quick Starts for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016

Books & Tutorials

Cloud Native Landscape

Docker Blog

Regular updates about Docker, the community and tools.

Docker Certification

yen: Will help you to will Learn Docker containerization, running Docker containers, Image creation, Dockerfile, Docker orchestration, security best practices, and more through hands-on projects and case studies and helps to clear Docker Certified Associate.

Docker dev bookmarks

Use the tag docker.

Docker in Action, Second Edition

In 2 lists

Docker in Practice, Second Edition

Docker packaging guide for Python

A series of detailed articles on the specifics of Docker packaging for Python.

Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches

Learn Docker

Learn Docker - curated list of the top online docker tutorials and courses.

Programming Community Curated Resources for learning Docker

Demos and Examples

An Annotated Docker Config for Frontend Web Development

A local development environment with Docker allows you to shrink-wrap the devops your project needs as config, making onboarding frictionless.

Local Docker DB

a list of docker-compose samples for a lot of databases

Webstack-micro

Demo web app showing how Docker Compose might be used to set up an API Gateway, centralized authentication, background workers, and WebSockets as containerized services.

In 2 lists

Good Tips

Docker Caveats

What You Should Know About Running Docker In Production (written 11 APRIL 2016).

Docker Containers on the Desktop

Docker vs. VMs? Combining Both for Cloud Portability Nirvana

Don't Repeat Yourself with Anchors, Aliases and Extensions in Docker Compose Files

GUI Apps with Docker

Raspberry Pi & ARM

Docker Pirates ARMed with explosive stuff

Huge resource on clustering, swarm, docker, pre-installed image for SD card on Raspberry Pi

Get Docker up and running on the RaspberryPi in three steps

git push docker containers to linux devices

Modern DevOps for IoT, leveraging git and Docker.

In 3 lists

Security Articles

Bringing new security features to Docker

In 2 lists

CVE Scanning Alpine images with Multi-stage builds in Docker 17.05

Docker Secure Deployment Guidelines

Docker Security - Quick Reference

A book on understanding the Docker security defaults, how to improve them (theory and practical), along with many tools and techniques.

In 2 lists

Docker Security: Are Your Containers Tightly Secured to the Ship? SlideShare

How CVE's are handled on Offical Docker Images

Lynis is an open source security auditing tool including Docker auditing

an open source security auditing tool for Linux/Unix.

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Security Best Practices for Building Docker Images

Software Engineering Radio interview of Docker Security Team Lead (Diogo Mónica)

Ten Docker Image Security Best Practices Cheat Sheet

Top ten most popular docker images each contain at least 30 vulnerabilities

Tuning Docker with the newest security enhancements

10 best practices to containerize Node.js web applications with Docker

Videos

Deploying and scaling applications with Docker, Swarm, and a tiny bit of Python magic

(3:11:06)

Docker Course

(Spanish)

Docker for Developers

(54:26)

Docker from scratch

(1:22:01)

Docker: How to Use Your Own Private Registry

(15:01)

Docker in Production

(36:05)

Docker Primer to Docker Compose

(1:56:45)

Docker Registry from scratch

(44:40)

Docker Swarm from scratch

(1:41:28)

Extending Docker with Plugins

(15:21)

From Local Docker Development to Production Deployments

Introduction to Docker and containers

(3:09:00)

Logging on Docker: What You Need to Know

(51:27)

Performance Analysis of Docker - Jeremy Eder

(1:36:58)

Scalable Microservices with Kubernetes

Free Udacity course

In 2 lists

State of containers: a debate with CoreOS, VMware and Google

(27:38)

Communities and Meetups >Brazilian

Docker BR on Telegram

Communities and Meetups >English

Docker Community

Docker Events

Docker Online Meetup

Docker Reddit Community

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Communities and Meetups >Russian

Docker Russian-speaking Community

Communities and Meetups >Spanish

Docker Tips

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