Alternatives to lazydocker
A terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose, so you stop typing ps, logs and restart over and over. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
lazydocker
A terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose, so you stop typing ps, logs and restart over and over.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as lazydocker.
oxker
View and control Docker containers from a terminal interface.
oxker is another MIT-licensed terminal interface for viewing and controlling Docker containers on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it likewise requires access to a Docker daemon.
dry
Terminal dashboard for Docker containers, images and Swarm services.
dry adds views for Docker images and Swarm services and works against a remote Docker daemon, but it has no Windows build and sparse upstream activity.
ctop
Watch container resource use in a terminal dashboard.
ctop concentrates on watching container resource use through overview and per-container detail views, and it is available for Linux and macOS but not Windows.
podman-tui
A terminal user interface for managing Podman containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines.
podman-tui is a keyboard-driven terminal interface for Podman rather than Docker, managing local or remote machines over SSH through the podman.socket service.
Portainer
Web interface for deploying and managing Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
Portainer replaces the terminal with a self-hosted web console covering Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across hosts, with some features limited to the paid Business Edition.
Dozzle
A self-hosted web app for watching Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes container logs and stats live.
Dozzle is a self-hosted web app focused on live container logs and CPU and memory stats with regex and SQL search, without container control actions.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Podman Desktop
A desktop app for containers and Kubernetes that does not need a paid licence at a certain company size.
Docker Desktop
The standard way to run containers on a Windows or Mac desktop, free for personal use and paid for larger companies.
btop++
A terminal resource monitor that looks good enough to leave open, with processes, CPU, memory, disks, network and GPUs.
Arcane
Modern web interface for managing Docker hosts and Compose stacks.
Dockhand
Docker management app with real-time container control and Compose stack support.
Docker Compose
A command-line tool that defines and runs multi-container applications from a single YAML file.
