oxker is a terminal user interface for viewing and controlling Docker containers. It presents container state, logs and resource information in a compact keyboard-driven interface, making it useful on machines where a browser-based management dashboard would be unnecessary or inconvenient.
The program communicates with Docker through the Bollard Rust client and can use different Docker host settings. It can also work with Podman when Podman’s Docker-compatible service is exposed as the selected host. The interface combines monitoring and container controls with tools for filtering, inspecting and navigating logs.
Its configuration file can tune colours, key bindings and log behaviour, so the interface can be adapted to different terminal workflows.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- List Docker containers and show their current state in a terminal interface.
- Start, stop, pause, resume, restart and remove containers from the TUI.
- Display live container resource information without switching to separate Docker commands.
- View container logs in a dedicated panel.
- Search within container logs and control whether log matching is case-sensitive.
- Scroll through long log lines horizontally as well as vertically.
- Inspect detailed container information from an inspect view.
- Network activity chart for observing container traffic.
- Filter the displayed container list to focus on selected workloads.
- Configurable key mappings, colours and interface behaviour.
- Select a Docker host through command-line, configuration or environment settings.
- Can connect to Podman through its Docker-compatible service.
- Built with ratatui for a responsive character-cell interface.
Website: github.com/mrjackwills/oxker
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Developer: Jack Wills
License: MIT License
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