# Awesome Docker [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) [](https://gitter.im/veggiemonk/awesome-docker?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
Inspired by [@sindresorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)' [awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) and improved by these **[amazing contributors](https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/graphs/contributors)**.
It's now a github project because it's considerably easier for other people to edit, fix and expand on Docker using Github. Just click [README.md](https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/edit/master/README.md).
If this list is not complete, you can [contribute](https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/edit/master/README.md) to make it so.
> **Please**, help organize these resources so that they are _easy to find_ and _understand_ for new comers. See how to **[Contribute](https://github.com/veggiemonk/awesome-docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)**
#### *If you see a package or project here that is no longer maintained or is not a good fit, please submit a pull request to improve this file. Thank you!*
> Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows, Docker enables apps to be quickly assembled from components and eliminates the friction between development, QA, and production environments. As a result, IT can ship faster and run the same app, unchanged, on laptops, data center VMs, and any cloud.
* [Docker Containers on the desktop](https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/docker-containers-on-the-desktop/) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) The **funniest way** to learn about docker! (Tips: checkout her [dotfiles](https://github.com/jfrazelle/dotfiles) and her [dockerfiles](https://github.com/jfrazelle/dockerfiles))
* [Container Hacks and Fun Images](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlLUf7KtAw) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) @ DockerCon 2015 **MUST WATCH VIDEO** (38:50)
* [Docker Ecosystem](http://comp.photo777.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Docker-ecosystem-7.01.pdf) (PDF) __MUST SEE__ find it on [twitter](https://twitter.com/patrickdebois/status/584434312201768961?t=1&cn=cmVjb3NfbmV0d29ya19kaWdlc3RfdHJpZ2dlcmVk&sig=2edb5efda01d3bb52b0ef9fd83e41dd177a7cbb1&al=1&refsrc=email&iid=87a2ac9d42dc4298886e0e86a4806d29&autoactions=1428241702&uid=2322141703&nid=244+40) by Bryzgalov Peter.
* [Docker vs. VMs? Combining Both for Cloud Portability Nirvana](http://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-management-best-practices/docker-vs-vms-combining-both-cloud-portability-nirvana)
* [Docker Containers on the desktop](https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/docker-containers-on-the-desktop/) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) The **funniest way** to learn about docker! (Tips: checkout her [dotfiles](https://github.com/jfrazelle/dotfiles) and her [dockerfiles](https://github.com/jfrazelle/dockerfiles))
* [Getting Started with Docker](https://serversforhackers.com/articles/2014/03/20/getting-started-with-docker/) by [@fideloper](https://github.com/fideloper) -- [Servers For Hackers](https://serversforhackers.com/editions/) is valuable resource. At some point, every programmer finds themselves needing to know their way around a server.
* [Logging on Docker: What You Need to Know](http://java.dzone.com/articles/logging-docker-what-you-need) + see the [video](https://vimeo.com/123341629) (~50min)
* [Dockerizing Flask With Compose and Machine - From Localhost to the Cloud](https://realpython.com/blog/python/dockerizing-flask-with-compose-and-machine-from-localhost-to-the-cloud/) -- [GitHub](https://github.com/realpython/orchestrating-docker) Learn how to deploy an application using Docker Compose and Docker Machine (written 17 April 2015)
* [Why and How to use Docker for Development](https://medium.com/@treeder/why-and-how-to-use-docker-for-development-a156c1de3b24) (written 28 APR 2015)
* [From Local Development to Remote Deployment with Docker Machine and Compose](https://developer.rackspace.com/blog/dev-to-deploy-with-docker-machine-and-compose/) (written 2 JUL 2015)
* [Docker: Build, Ship and Run Any App, Anywhere](http://delftswa.github.io/chapters/docker/index.html) by [Martijn Dwars](https://github.com/MartijnDwars), [Wiebe van Geest](https://github.com/wrvangeest), [Rik Nijessen](https://github.com/gewoonrik), and [Rick Wieman](https://github.com/RickWieman) from [Delft University of Technology](http://www.tudelft.nl/) (written 2 JUL 2015)
* [Joining the Docker Ship](http://thenewstack.io/joining-the-docker-ship-and-go) Learn how to contribute to docker (written 9 JUL 2015)
* [Creating containers - Part 1](http://crosbymichael.com/creating-containers-part-1.html) This is part one of a series of blog posts detailing how docker creates containers. By [@crosbymichael](https://github.com/crosbymichael)
* [How to Route Traffic through a Tor Docker container](https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/routing-traffic-through-tor-docker-container/) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) (writtent 20 JUN 2015)
* [Using Fig and Flocker to build, test, deploy and migrate multi-server Dockerized apps](https://clusterhq.com/blog/fig-flocker-multi-server-docker-apps/)
* [A Docker based mini-PaaS](http://shortcircuit.net.au/~prologic/blog/article/2015/03/24/a-docker-based-mini-paas/) by [@prologic](https://github.com/prologic)
* [Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker](http://jasonwilder.com/blog/2014/03/25/automated-nginx-reverse-proxy-for-docker/) by [@jwilder](https://github.com/jwilder)
* [A Simple Way to Dockerize Applications](http://jasonwilder.com/blog/2014/10/13/a-simple-way-to-dockerize-applications) by [@jwilder](https://github.com/jwilder)
* [Make Your Docker Workflow Awesome With Fig.sh](http://www.syncano.com/docker-workflow-fig-sh/) Fig is a python application that helps you run groups of docker containers.
* [Dealing with linked containers dependency in docker-compose](http://brunorocha.org/python/dealing-with-linked-containers-dependency-in-docker-compose.html) by [@rochacbruno](http://github.com/rochacbruno)
* [Docker and Phoenix: How to Make Your Continuous Integration More Awesome](http://ariya.ofilabs.com/2014/12/docker-and-phoenix-how-to-make-your-continuous-integration-more-awesome.html)
* [Building Docker Images for Static Go Binaries](https://medium.com/@kelseyhightower/optimizing-docker-images-for-static-binaries-b5696e26eb07) by [@kelseyhightower](https://github.com/kelseyhightower)
* [Automatic Docker Service Announcement with Registrator](http://progrium.com/blog/2014/09/10/automatic-docker-service-announcement-with-registrator/)
* [Security Best Practices for Building Docker Images](http://linux-audit.com/tag/docker/)
* [Docker Security: Are Your Containers Tightly Secured to the Ship? SlideShare](http://fr.slideshare.net/MichaelBoelen/docker-security-are-your-containers-tightly-secured-to-the-ship)
* [Tuning Docker with the newest security enhancements](https://opensource.com/business/15/3/docker-security-tuning)
* [Understanding Docker security and best practices](https://blog.docker.com/2015/05/understanding-docker-security-and-best-practices/) (written 5 MAY 2015)
* [Performance Analysis of Docker on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7](http://developerblog.redhat.com/2014/08/19/performance-analysis-docker-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7/)
* [Distrubuted JMeter testing using Docker](http://srivaths.blogspot.fr/2014/08/distrubuted-jmeter-testing-using-docker.html?m=1)
* [nsinit: per-container resource monitoring of Docker containers on RHEL/Fedora](http://www.breakage.org/2014/09/03/nsinit-per-container-resource-monitoring-of-docker-containers-on-rhelfedora/)
* [Docker Pirates ARMed with explosive stuff](http://blog.hypriot.com/) Huge resource on clustering, swarm, docker, pre-installed image for SD card on Raspberry Pi
* [Fool-Proof Recipe: Docker on the Raspberry Pi](https://www.voxxed.com/blog/2015/04/fool-proof-recipe-docker-on-the-raspberry-pi/) Same article as above but more opinionated.
* [Get Docker up and running on the RaspberryPi in four steps](https://github.com/umiddelb/armhf/wiki/Get-Docker-up-and-running-on-the-RaspberryPi-%28ARMv6%29-in-four-steps)
* [Installing, running, using Docker on armhf (ARMv7) devices](https://github.com/umiddelb/armhf/wiki/Installing,-running,-using-docker-on-armhf-%28ARMv7%29-devices)
* [Docker Cookbook](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920036791.do) by Sébastien Goasguen ([@sebgoa](https://twitter.com/sebgoa)) (Publisher: O'Reilly)
* [Docker Cookbook](http://dockercookbook.github.io/) by Neependra Khare ([@neependra](https://twitter.com/neependra)) (Publisher: Packt)
* [Docker in Action](http://manning.com/nickoloff/) by Jeff Nickoloff ([@allingeek](https://twitter.com/allingeek))
* [Docker in Practice](http://manning.com/miell/) by Ian Miell ([@ianmiell](https://github.com/ianmiell)) and Aidan Hobson Sayers ([@aidanhs](https://github.com/aidanhs)). ==> [Website](http://docker-in-practice.github.io/)
* [Docker Up & Running](http://newrelic.com/docker-book) by [Karl Matthias](https://twitter.com/relistan) and [Sean P. Kane](https://twitter.com/spkane)
* [Using Docker](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920035671.do) by Adrian Mouat ([@adrianmouat](https://twitter.com/adrianmouat))
* [Docker: Container-Infrastruktur für Microservices](http://www.bee42.com/dockerbook/) (German) by Peter Roßbach ([@PRossbach](https://twitter.com/PRossbach))
* [GoSu](https://github.com/tianon/gosu) ("run this specific application as this specific user and get out of the pipeline" -- entrypoint script tool) by [@tianon](https://github.com/tianon)
* [ns-enter](https://github.com/jpetazzo/nsenter) (no more ssh, enter name spaces of container) by [@jpetazzo](https://github.com/jpetazzo)
* [Squid-in-a-can](https://github.com/jpetazzo/squid-in-a-can) (in case of proxy problem) by [@jpetazzo](https://github.com/jpetazzo/)
* [docker-gen](https://github.com/jwilder/docker-gen) (Generate files from docker container meta-data) by [@jwilder](https://github.com/jwilder)
* [dockerize](https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize) (Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers) by [@jwilder](https://github.com/jwilder)
* [registrator](https://github.com/progrium/registrator) (Service registry bridge for Docker) by [@progrium](https://github.com/progrium)
* [Dockly](https://github.com/swipely/dockly) (Dockly is a gem made to ease the pain of packaging an application in Docker.) by [@swipely](https://github.com/swipely/)
* [docker-volumes](https://github.com/cpuguy83/docker-volumes) (Docker Volume Manager) by [@cpuguy83](https://github.com/cpuguy83)
* [dockerfile_lint](https://github.com/redhataccess/dockerfile_lint) (A rule-based 'linter' for Dockerfiles) by [@redhataccess](https://github.com/redhataccess)
* [Vagga](https://github.com/tailhook/vagga) (Vagga is a containerisation tool without daemons. It is a fully-userspace container engine inspired by Vagrant and Docker, specialized for development environments.) by [@tailhook](https://github.com/tailhook/)
* [container-factory](https://github.com/lsqio/container-factory) (produces Docker images from tarballs of application source code http://www.containerfactory.io) by [@lsqio](https://github.com/lsqio)
* [percheron](https://github.com/ashmckenzie/percheron) (Organise your Docker containers with muscle and intelligence) by [@ashmckenzie](https://github.com/ashmckenzie)
* [crane](https://github.com/michaelsauter/crane) (Lift containers with ease. Easy orchestration for images and containers) by [@michaelsauter](https://github.com/michaelsauter)
* [bocker](https://github.com/icy/bocker) (2) (Write Dockerfile completely in Bash. Extensible and simple. --> Reusable) by [@icy](https://github.com/icy)
* [docker-cli](https://github.com/j-bennet/dockercli) (A CLI with autocompletion and syntax highlighting for Docker commands.) by [@j-bennet](https://github.com/j-bennet)
* [docker-gc](https://github.com/spotify/docker-gc) (A cron job that will delete old stopped containers and unused images) by [@spotify](https://github.com/spotify)
* [forward2docker](https://github.com/bsideup/forward2docker) (Utility to auto forward a port from localhost into ports on Docker containers running in a boot2docker VM) by [@bsideup](https://github.com/bsideup)
* [dockramp](https://github.com/jlhawn/dockramp) (Proof of Concept: A Client Driven Docker Image Builder) by [@jlhawn](https://github.com/jlhawn)
* [Docker plugin for Jenkins](https://github.com/jenkinsci/docker-plugin/) - 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.
* [Captain](https://github.com/harbur/captain) - Convert your Git workflow to Docker containers ready for Continuous Delivery by [@harbur](https://github.com/harbur)
* [Last.Backend](http://lastbackend.com) - Last.Backend platform is designed for automatization of all routine work with the server and deployment of applications in one click using the visual interface.
* [Zodiac](https://github.com/CenturyLinkLabs/zodiac) - A lightweight tool for easy deployment and rollback of dockerized applications. By [@CenturyLinkLabs](https://github.com/CenturyLinkLabs)
* [Giant Swarm](https://giantswarm.io/) - Simple microservice infrastructure. Deploy your containers in seconds.
* [Triton](https://www.joyent.com/) - Elastic container-native infrastructure by Joyent.
* [Amazon ECS](http://aws.amazon.com/ecs/) - A management service on EC2 that supports Docker containers.
* [Google Container Engine](https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/docs/) - Docker containers on Google Cloud Computing powered by [Kubernetes][kubernetes].
* [nginx-proxy](https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy) - Automated nginx proxy for Docker containers using docker-gen by [@jwilder](https://github.com/jwilder)
* [h2o-proxy](https://github.com/zchee/h2o-proxy) - Automated H2O reverse proxy for Docker containers. An alternative [jwilder/nginx-proxy](https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy) by [@zchee](https://github.com/zchee)
* [docker-proxy](https://github.com/silarsis/docker-proxy) - Transparent proxy for docker containers, run in a docker container. By [@silarsis](https://github.com/silarsis)
* [Docker Registry Web](https://github.com/atc-/docker-registry-web) (A web UI for easy private/local Docker Registry integration) by [@atc-](https://github.com/atc-)
* [DockerUI](https://github.com/crosbymichael/dockerui) (DockerUI is a web interface to interact with the Remote API.) by [@crosbymichael](https://github.com/crosbymichael)
* [DockerBoard](https://github.com/dockerboard/dockerboard) (Simple dashboards, visualizations, managements for your dockers.) by [@dockerboard](https://github.com/dockerboard)
* ~~[Fig](https://github.com/docker/fig) (Fast, isolated development environments using Docker) -- http://www.fig.sh~~ --> Fig has been replaced by [Docker Compose](http://docs.docker.com/compose/), and is now deprecated. The new documentation is on the [Docker website](http://docs.docker.com/compose/).
* [Shutit](http://ianmiell.github.io/shutit/) (a tool for building and maintaining complex Docker deployments) by [@ianmiell](https://github.com/ianmiell)
* [docker-vm](https://github.com/shyiko/docker-vm) (A simple and transparent alternative to boot2docker (backed by Vagrant)) by [@shyiko](https://github.com/shyiko)
* [Vessel](https://github.com/awvessel/vessel) (Vessel automates the setup & use of dockerized development environments) by [@awvessel](https://github.com/awvessel)
* [OctoHost](http://www.octohost.io/) (Simple web focused Docker based mini-PaaS server. git push to deploy your websites as needed) by [@octohost](https://github.com/octohost)
* [Vagrant - Docker provider](http://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/docker/basics.html) a good starting point is [vagrant-docker-example](https://github.com/bubenkoff/vagrant-docker-example) by [@bubenkoff](https://github.com/bubenkoff)
* [Dray](https://github.com/CenturyLinkLabs/dray) An engine for managing the execution of container-based workflows. http://Dray.it by [@CenturyLinkLabs](https://github.com/CenturyLinkLabs/)
* [percheron](https://github.com/ashmckenzie/percheron) (Organise your Docker containers with muscle and intelligence) by [@ashmckenzie](https://github.com/ashmckenzie)
* [Busybox](https://github.com/jpetazzo/docker-busybox) (with either `buildroot` or Ubuntu's `busybox-static`) by [@jpetazzo](https://github.com/jpetazzo)
* [Busybox](https://github.com/progrium/busybox) (with `opkg`) by [@progrium](https://github.com/progrium) [@deprecated use [docker-alpine](https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine) instead]
* [passenger-docker](https://github.com/phusion/passenger-docker) (Docker base images for Ruby, Python, Node.js and Meteor web apps) by [@phusion](https://github.com/phusion)
* [docker-alpine](https://github.com/gliderlabs/docker-alpine) (A super small Docker base image *(5MB)* using Alpine Linux) by [@gliderlabs](https://github.com/gliderlabs)
* [Dockerfile Project](http://dockerfile.github.io/) : Trusted Automated Docker Builds. Dockerfile Project maintains a central repository of Dockerfile for various popular open source software services runnable on a Docker container.
* [Dockerfile @jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle/dockerfiles) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) **MUST SEE** for a fully containerized desktop!
* ~~[Docker Registry](https://github.com/docker/docker-registry) (Registry server for Docker (hosting/delivering of repositories and images))~~ deprecated
* [Axibase Time-Series Database](http://axibase.com/products/axibase-time-series-database/writing-data/docker-cadvisor/) (Long-term retention of container statistics and built-in dashboards for Docker. Collected with native Google cAdvisor storage driver.)
* [cAdvisor](https://github.com/google/cadvisor) (Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers. created by [@Google](https://github.com/google)
* [InfluxDB, cAdvisor, Grafana](https://github.com/vegasbrianc/docker-monitoring) (InfluxDB Time series DB in combination with Grafana and cAdvisor) by [@vegasbrianc](https://github.com/vegasbrianc)
* [Sysdig](http://www.sysdig.org/): An open source troubleshooting tool that provides a rich set of real-time, system-level information. It has container-specific features and is very useful in Docker environments.
* [Zabbix Docker module](https://github.com/jangaraj/Zabbix-Docker-Monitoring): Zabbix module that provides discovery of running containers, CPU/memory/blk IO/net container metrics. Systemd Docker and LXC execution driver is also supported. It's a dynamically linked shared object library, so its performance is (~10x) better, than any script solution.
* [LogJam](https://github.com/gocardless/logjam) (Logjam is a log forwarder designed to listen on a local port, receive log entries over UDP, and forward these messages on to a log collecton server (such as logstash).) by [@gocardless](https://github.com/gocardless)
* [Docker-Fluentd](https://github.com/kiyoto/docker-fluentd): (Docker container to Log Other Containers' Logs. One can aggregate the logs of Docker containers running on the same host using Fluentd.) by [@kiyoto](https://github.com/kiyoto)
* [Centurion](https://github.com/newrelic/centurion): Centurion is a mass deployment tool for Docker fleets. It takes containers from a Docker registry and runs them on a fleet of hosts with the correct environment variables, host volume mappings, and port mappings. By [@newrelic](https://github.com/newrelic)
* [Clocker](https://github.com/brooklyncentral/clocker): Clocker creates and manages a Docker cloud infrastructure. Clocker supports single-click deployments and runtime management of multi-node applications that run as containers distributed across multiple hosts. It leverages [Weave][weave] for networking and [Brooklyn][boorklyn] for application blueprints. By [@brooklyncentral](https://github.com/brooklyncentral)
* [Docket](https://github.com/netvarun/docket): Custom docker registry that allows for lightning fast deploys through bittorrent by [@netvarun](https://github.com/netvarun/)
* [Longshoreman](https://github.com/longshoreman/longshoreman): Longshoreman automates application deployment using Docker. Just create a Docker repository (or use a service), configure the cluster using AWS or Digital Ocean (or whatever you like) and deploy applications using a Heroku-like CLI tool. By [longshoreman](https://github.com/longshoreman)
* [Docker container on Mesos](https://mesosphere.com/learn/launch-docker-container-on-mesosphere/) (Docker plus Mesosphere provides an easy way to automate and scale deployment of containers in a production environment)
* [Marathon](https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/docs/) (Marathon is a private PaaS built on Mesos. It automatically handles hardware or software failures and ensures that an app is "always on")
* [Serf](https://github.com/hashicorp/serf) (Service orchestration and management tool) by [@hashicorp](https://github.com/hashicorp)
* [Flocker](https://github.com/ClusterHQ/flocker) (Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool) by [@ClusterHQ](https://github.com/ClusterHQ)
* [Decking](http://decking.io/): (Decking aims to simplify the creation, organsation and running of clusters of Docker containers in a way which is familiar to developers)
* [Maestro](https://github.com/toscanini/maestro) (Maestro provides the ability to easily launch, orchestrate and manage mulitiple Docker containers as single unit) by [@tascanini](https://github.com/toscanini)
* [Citadel](http://citadeltoolkit.org/) (Citadel is a toolkit for scheduling containers on a Docker cluster)
* [blimp](https://github.com/tubesandlube/blimp) Uses Docker Machine to easily move a container from one Docker host to another, show containers running against all of your hosts, replicate a container across multiple hosts and more. By [@defermat](https://github.com/defermat) and [@schvin](https://github.com/schvin)
* [docker-bench-security](https://github.com/docker/docker-bench-security) script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production. By [@docker](https://github.com/docker)
* [notary](https://github.com/docker/notary) a server and a client for running and interacting with trusted collections. By [@docker](https://github.com/docker)
* [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd): A highly-available key value store for shared configuration and service discovery by [@coreOS](https://github.com/coreos)
* [Docker Grand Ambassador](https://github.com/cpuguy83/docker-grand-ambassador) This is a fully dynamic docker link ambassador. + [Article](http://docs.docker.com/articles/ambassador_pattern_linking/) by [@cpuguy83](https://github.com/cpuguy83)
* [proxy](https://github.com/factorish/proxy): lightweight nginx based load balancer self using service discovery provided by registrator. by [@factorish](https://github.com/factorish)
* [Docker for Developers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdkNAjjO5yQ) (54:26) by [@jpetazzo](https://github.com/jpetazzo) <== Good introduction, context, demo
* [Container Hacks and Fun Images](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlLUf7KtAw) by [@jfrazelle](https://github.com/jfrazelle) @ DockerCon 2015 (**MUST WATCH VIDEO**: 38:50)
