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Remove unused anonymous Docker volumes (with symlink cleanup).

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🧹 Docker Volume Cleaner (dockreap)

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dockreap is a lightweight Python CLI tool that helps you identify and remove unused anonymous Docker volumes — including symlinks and their targets 🗑️

Keep your Docker environment tidy, automated, and efficient 🚀


⚙️ Features

  • Detects anonymous Docker volumes (64-character hash names)
  • Skips whitelisted volumes
  • Skips bootstrap mounts (/var/www/bootstrap)
  • Cleans up symlinks and their target directories
  • Optional confirmation prompt via --no-confirmation
  • Pure Python — no external dependencies

📦 Installation

Install from PyPI (recommended)

pip install dockreap

or with an isolated environment:

pipx install dockreap

Install from source (development)

git clone https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/dockreap.git
cd dockreap
pip install .

🧪 Usage

# Basic usage (with confirmation prompt)
dockreap

# Skip confirmation
dockreap --no-confirmation

# Skip specific volumes by adding them to the whitelist
dockreap "volumeid1 volumeid2"

# Skip confirmation + whitelist
dockreap "volumeid1 volumeid2" --no-confirmation

📝 Notes:

  • Only volumes with 64-character hash names (anonymous volumes) are considered.
  • Volumes mounted at /var/www/bootstrap are automatically excluded.
  • If a volume’s _data directory is a symlink, both the symlink and its target directory are removed.
  • Volumes referenced by any container (running or stopped) are not deleted.

🔐 Requirements

  • Python ≥ 3.9
  • Docker CLI available and configured
  • Sufficient permissions to remove Docker volumes (usually requires root or membership in the docker group)

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.


👤 Author

Kevin Veen-Birkenbach 🌍 https://www.veen.world/

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