jovykit 8.1.1

Layered Jupyter container images and project-local JovyKit environments.

JovyKit

Project-local JupyterLab environments, built and run through Docker Compose.

Model

compose.yaml is runtime. Dockerfile is the project overlay. requirements.txt is project Python packages. Python comes from the selected image tag, for example :base-python-3.13.

• jovy initializes an empty directory, or prints help in an existing project.
• jovy init creates compose.yaml, Dockerfile, requirements.txt, work/, and .jupyter/.
• jovy up, down, start, stop, restart, config, logs, build, and watch pass through to Docker Compose.
• jovy add and jovy remove edit requirements.txt.
• jovy status, shell, run, open, and doctor add small Jupyter-focused conveniences.
• jovy compose ... is the Docker Compose escape hatch.

There is no JovyKit config file. Edit compose.yaml, Dockerfile, or requirements.txt directly.

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or newer on the host.
• Docker Engine.
• Docker Compose plugin support.
• Optional GPU runtime support for gpus: all.

Install

python -m pip install -e .
jovy --version

Quick Start

jovy init --image-level base --python 3.13 --port 8888
jovy add pandas scikit-learn
jovy up -d
jovy open

Common commands:

jovy build
jovy watch
jovy logs -f
jovy status
jovy shell
jovy down
jovy compose ps

Images

Image levels map to published JovyKit images:

ghcr.io/mihneateodorstoica/jovykit:minimal-python-3.13
ghcr.io/mihneateodorstoica/jovykit:base-python-3.13
ghcr.io/mihneateodorstoica/jovykit:extended-python-3.13
ghcr.io/mihneateodorstoica/jovykit:full-python-3.13

minimal and base publish Python 3.9 through 3.14 tags. extended and full publish Python 3.11 through 3.13 tags. latest points at minimal-python-3.14. Scheduled images also get level-specific tags such as base-nightly-python-3.11, base-weekly-python-3.11, and base-monthly-python-3.11.

minimal, base, and extended are curated cuts from the full stack. full is intentionally huge and keeps heavyweight ML, AI, cloud, distributed, and app runtimes in one batteries-included layer.

jovy init --image-level minimal --python 3.11
jovy init --image-level base --python 3.12
jovy init --image-level extended --python 3.13
jovy init --image-level full --python 3.13

The generated Compose file passes only JOVY_BASE_IMAGE. It does not pass a Python version build argument.

Build published image targets from the single multi-stage Dockerfile:

./build.sh minimal
./build.sh --python-version 3.13 base
./build.sh --python 3.11 --python 3.12 --python 3.13 all
./build.sh --python 3.14 --latest minimal
./build.sh --python 3.11 --channel nightly base

With no args, ./build.sh builds all supported image and Python tag pairs.

Dependencies

Use requirements.txt.

jovy add pandas scikit-learn
jovy remove pandas

Compose Watch rebuilds when dependency files change:

jovy watch

Persistent Files

Generated projects mount only the durable user paths:

./work      -> /home/jovyan/work
./.jupyter  -> /home/jovyan/.jupyter

Project notebooks and Jupyter settings survive rebuilds and container removal. Other container state is disposable.

GPU

GPU support is explicit:

jovy init --gpu none
jovy init --gpu all

By default, jovy init uses all when a local GPU is detected. none omits the Compose GPU field. all writes Compose gpus: all.

Repository Checks

ruff check .
black --check .
mypy jovykit tests main.py
pytest --cov=jovykit --cov-report=term-missing

Docker checks are opt-in:

pytest -m docker --run-docker

Repository Layout

jovykit/              Python CLI package
image/                Published image layers
site/                 GitHub Pages site
wiki/                 GitHub Wiki source
.github/workflows/    CI, release, docs, and image automation

License

JovyKit is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.