A fast, cross-platform desktop app for managing Docker and Podman: containers, images, volumes, networks, Compose projects, and registries in one place.

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Why Dockit?

Docker Desktop is heavy and tied to Docker. The CLI is powerful but hard to scan at a glance. Dockit gives you a lightweight native UI that works the same way with Docker or Podman, switchable at runtime, and can even install a container runtime for you if you don't have one.

Built with Wails v2 (Go) and React 19 + Tailwind CSS v4, so it ships as a small native binary instead of an Electron bundle.

Features

• Docker and Podman: switch engines with one click. Dockit auto-detects Docker sockets, rootless and rootful Podman sockets, and Windows named pipes, and lets you override the endpoint.
• Containers: start, stop, restart, pause, delete (with batch actions), live CPU/memory/network/disk metrics, searchable log streaming, a full inspector, an interactive exec shell, and a create-container wizard (ports, env vars/.env, command override).
• Images, volumes, networks: list, pull, tag, inspect, create, batch delete, and prune.
• Compose Studio: open or clone projects, edit docker-compose.yml with syntax highlighting and snapshots, manage a .env tab, and run Up/Down/restart with live CLI output.
• Registry Hub: search Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry, read rendered READMEs, browse tags, and pull in one click.
• Reclaim Storage: see disk usage by images, containers, volumes, and build cache, then quick-clean or prune selectively.
• Host terminal drawer (Ctrl+`): a VS Code-style terminal with persistent working directory, clipboard paste, and safe process-group cancellation.
• Runtime installer: detects a missing Docker or Podman and walks you through installing it (APT, DNF, Pacman, Homebrew, Winget, Chocolatey), explaining why elevation is needed.
• Auto-update: checks GitHub Releases and installs updates in place (.deb, .rpm, Windows installer, or portable binary).
• Light and dark themes, keyboard-friendly confirmation dialogs, and polling that pauses when the window is hidden or the engine is offline.

Install

Download the latest build for your platform from the Releases page:

Platform	Packages
Linux (amd64)	.deb, .rpm, .tar.gz
Windows (amd64)	Installer .exe, portable .zip
macOS (Universal)	.dmg, .zip

You need Docker or Podman for Dockit to manage, though it can install one for you. On Linux, Dockit needs GTK 3 and WebKitGTK 4.1 at runtime (installed automatically by the .deb and .rpm packages).

Getting started

Prerequisites

• Go (version in go.mod)

• Node.js 20+ and npm

• Wails CLI v2.9+: go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

• Docker or Podman, to try the app against a real engine

• Linux only, GTK and WebKit headers:

  # Debian / Ubuntu / Mint
  sudo apt-get install -y build-essential pkg-config libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev
  
  # Fedora / RHEL
  sudo dnf install -y gtk3-devel webkit2gtk4.1-devel

Run in development

git clone https://github.com/Amanbig/dockit.git
cd dockit
(cd frontend && npm install)
wails dev -tags webkit2_41      # drop "-tags webkit2_41" on Windows/macOS or older WebKitGTK

Production build

wails build -tags webkit2_41    # output: build/bin/dockit

Tests

go test ./internal/...

Project layout

dockit/
├── app.go, main.go        # Wails entrypoint and Go ↔ frontend bindings
├── internal/
│   ├── runtime/           # Docker/Podman abstraction (engine, docker, podman)
│   ├── containers/        # Container lifecycle and stats
│   ├── images/, volumes/, networks/
│   ├── compose/           # Compose parser, staging manager, CLI runner
│   ├── terminal/          # Host terminal and process-group management
│   ├── registry/          # Docker Hub and GHCR clients
│   ├── installer/         # Runtime detection and OS installers
│   ├── config/            # Preferences (atomic JSON)
│   ├── updater/           # GitHub release check and installer
│   └── version/           # Version constant
├── frontend/              # React + Tailwind CSS v4 UI
├── build/                 # Icons and packaging (Linux, Windows, macOS)
└── .github/               # CI, release workflow, issue/PR templates

Contributing

Contributions of all sizes are welcome: bug reports, feature ideas, docs, and code.

1. Read CONTRIBUTING.md for the dev setup and PR process.
2. Look for issues labeled good first issue or help wanted.
3. Please follow our Code of Conduct.

Found a security problem? Don't open a public issue; see SECURITY.md.

Changelog

See RELEASE_NOTES.md for the current release and releases/ for the full history.

License

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0.