LazyDocker – simple terminal UI aims to make Docker easier

Have a case of summertime lethargy? Go on, be a little lazy. This new open source tool from Jesse Duffield aims to help make Docker a little easier, taking some of the stress off of developers’ shoulders, by offering a user interface.

LazyDocker is a “simple terminal UI for both Docker and Docker-compose, written in Go with the gocui library”.

Docker user interface

According to the GitHub README, this project is for Docker users who want to streamline their process more, without worrying about commands or keyboard shortcuts. The creator states:

“Memorising docker commands is hard. Memorising aliases is slightly less hard. Keeping track of your containers across multiple terminal windows is near impossible. What if you had all the information you needed in one terminal window with every common command living one keypress away (and the ability to add custom commands as well). Lazydocker’s goal is to make that dream a reality.”

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Some of the features include:

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• Full keyboard and mouse support in the UI. (View the keybindings .)
• Create additional custom commands and re-bind keys
• Clean, sleek terminal interface
• Keep track of your containers and view metrics with customizable ASCII graphs
• Remove containers taking up disk space
• View logs for containers and services
• Customizable UI colors with high contrast option
• View ancestor layers of images
• Restart, remove or rebuild any container or service

Joining the lazy life

In order to run this, you will need Docker (the project creator recommends the latest version) and optionally, Docker-Compose v1.23.2 or newer. You will also need Go version 1.8 or newer.

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Watch the demo on YouTube to see some of its features and how it works, with a walkthrough from its creator.

Interested developers can manually install the binary release on GitHub here . Or, install via homebrew or using an AUR package manager.

View the package config docs to see what all of the configuration options mean.

Want to help out or have a feature request to bring it closer to maturity? The project creator is also looking for contributions and pull requests .

Looking for more “lazy” options? Project creator Jesse Duffield also has LazyGit available on GitHub. Similar to LazyDocker, it is a simple terminal UI for git commands written in Go.