Alternatives to oxker
View and control Docker containers from a terminal interface. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
oxker
View and control Docker containers from a terminal interface.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as oxker.
lazydocker
A terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose, so you stop typing ps, logs and restart over and over.
lazydocker is an MIT-licensed terminal dashboard that also covers Compose, with single-key restart, prune and shell actions, though releases are occasional.
dry
Terminal dashboard for Docker containers, images and Swarm services.
dry is an MIT-licensed terminal dashboard that also covers Docker images and Swarm services, but upstream activity is sparse and it does not run on Windows.
ctop
Watch container resource use in a terminal dashboard.
ctop focuses on watching container resource use in a terminal dashboard with detail views, rather than full container control, and runs on Linux and macOS.
podman-tui
A terminal user interface for managing Podman containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines.
podman-tui is a terminal interface for Podman rather than Docker, managing local or remote machines over SSH and requiring the podman.socket service.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Portainer
Web interface for deploying and managing Docker and Kubernetes workloads.
Dockhand
Docker management app with real-time container control and Compose stack support.
Arcane
Modern web interface for managing Docker hosts and Compose stacks.
K9s
Inspect and manage Kubernetes resources from the terminal.
dive
Explore container image layers and find wasted space.
Dozzle
A self-hosted web app for watching Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes container logs and stats live.
