docker-tool 1.0.3

🛠️ Simple and interactive CLI for Docker container management

Docker Tool

Smart Docker container management with an elegant CLI

Features • Installation • Quick Start • Documentation • Contributing

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Features

Core Features

• Interactive Wizard Mode: Beautiful TUI for container management
• Smart Container Search: Find containers by ID, name, or partial match
• Rich Output: Colorful tables and formatted output with rich
• Intelligent Commands: Short commands that do what you expect
• Docker API Integration: Direct Docker SDK usage for better performance
• Smart Error Handling: User-friendly error messages and suggestions

Advanced Features

• Container Status Indicators: Visual status in wizard mode
• Auto-Detection: Automatically detects Docker/Docker Compose
• Shell Completion: Tab completion for commands (bash, zsh, fish)
• Regex Filtering: Advanced container filtering with regex support

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Docker installed and running
• pip package manager

Install from PyPI

pip install docker-tool

Install from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/julestblt/docker-wrapper.git
cd docker-wrapper

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

Enable Shell Completion

# Bash
dtool --install-completion bash

# Zsh
dtool --install-completion zsh

# Fish
dtool --install-completion fish

Quick Start

Interactive Wizard Mode

The easiest way to manage containers:

# Launch the interactive wizard
dtool wizard

Features:

• Visual container selection with status indicators
• Context-aware actions based on container state
• Beautiful prompts with questionary
• Navigate with arrow keys, select with Enter

List Containers

# List running containers
dtool ps

# List all containers (including stopped)
dtool ps -a

# Interactive mode - select and manage containers
dtool ps -i

# Filter containers by name/ID
dtool ps nginx
dtool ps e5d

# Use regex filtering
dtool ps "^web-.*" -r

Documentation

Container Management Commands

Shell Access

# Quick shell access (auto-detects bash/sh)
dtool shell nginx
dtool shell backend
dtool shell e5d  # Partial ID works!

# Use specific shell
dtool shell alpine /bin/sh
dtool shell ubuntu /bin/zsh

Execute Commands

# Run single commands
dtool exec nginx "ls -la"
dtool exec backend cat /etc/hosts
dtool exec web "ps aux | grep node"

View Logs

# View last 100 lines (default)
dtool logs nginx

# Follow logs in real-time
dtool logs backend -f
dtool logs backend --follow

# View specific number of lines
dtool logs app --tail 50

Container Lifecycle

# Start containers
dtool start nginx
dtool start backend frontend db  # Multiple containers

# Stop containers
dtool stop nginx
dtool stop backend --force  # Force stop

# Restart containers
dtool restart nginx
dtool restart backend --force

# Remove containers
dtool rm old-container
dtool rm test-app --force  # Force remove running container

Smart Container Search

The tool intelligently searches for containers in this order:

1. Exact ID match: Full container ID
2. ID prefix: Beginning of container ID
3. Exact name: Full container name
4. Partial match: Grep-like search in names

# Examples
dtool shell e5d4a2b1          # ID prefix
dtool shell nginx              # Exact name
dtool shell backend            # Matches: my-backend, backend-api, etc.
dtool logs "web|api" -r        # Regex: matches web OR api

Advanced Usage

Filter and Manage

# List only Redis containers
dtool ps redis

# Stop all containers matching pattern
dtool ps "test-" -r | xargs -I {} dtool stop {}

# View logs of all API containers
dtool ps "api" | xargs -I {} dtool logs {} --tail 20

Error Handling Examples

The tool provides helpful error messages:

$ dtool shell nonexistent
╭─ Container Error ─╮
│ Container not found! │
│                      │
│ No container with    │
│ name or ID           │
│ 'nonexistent' was    │
│ found.               │
│                      │
│ Try running:         │
│ • dtool ps -a        │
│ • dtool ps           │
╰──────────────────────╯

Project Structure

docker-tool/
├── docker_tool/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── cli.py           # Main CLI entry point
│   ├── docker_client.py # Docker SDK wrapper
│   ├── wizard.py        # Interactive wizard mode
│   ├── utils.py         # Utility functions
│   └── version.py       # Version information
├── requirements.txt     # Python dependencies
├── setup.py            # Package configuration
└── README.md           # This file

Why Docker Tool?

Feature	Docker CLI	Docker Tool
Open shell	docker exec -it nginx /bin/bash	dtool shell nginx
View logs	docker logs -f --tail 100 nginx	dtool logs nginx -f
Stop container	docker stop nginx	dtool stop nginx
Interactive mode	Not available	dtool wizard
Smart search	Exact ID/name required	Partial match, regex
Error messages	Technical errors	User-friendly guidance

Development

Setup Development Environment

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/docker-tool.git
cd docker-tool

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Code Style

• Follow PEP 8
• Use type hints
• Add docstrings to functions

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Built with Typer - The amazing CLI framework
• Styled with Rich - Beautiful terminal formatting
• Interactive mode powered by Questionary
• Docker SDK for Python

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Made with love by developers who hate long Docker commands