GitHub - Timo-In/dcli: This is a project forked from lazydocker, but it only implements the CLI mode.

The Lazier Way to Manage Everything Docker

An efficient, intuitive, and "lazy" CLI manager for Docker and Docker-Compose.

📖 Introduction

dcli is a high-efficiency Docker management tool built for developers. Evolved from the acclaimed lazydocker, it moves away from a heavy TUI (Terminal UI) towards a pure CLI interactive mode that better aligns with terminal philosophy.

It automatically detects your project environment, merges fragmented Compose files, and frees you from typing long docker-compose -f ... -f ... up commands.

✨ Key Features

📂 Smart Context Detection Automatically identifies .git or project roots, deep scans, and merges all docker-compose*.yml configuration files.
🔍 Interactive Fuzzy Search Built-in fzf-like search experience. Simply press s to instantly locate containers, images, or volumes.
🛠️ Unified Management Workflow Seamlessly manages both local Compose projects and standalone Docker containers. Automatically switches to Fallback mode for external containers to ensure core management is never interrupted.
⚡ One-Key Actions Supports numeric shortcuts (1-17) and shorthand commands. Start, restart, or view logs in an instant.
🧹 System Deep Cleanup Built-in Prune commands to quickly reclaim disk space from unused networks, volumes, images, and build caches.
📦 Predefined Stack Templates One-click deployment for common development environments like ELK log monitoring stacks, MySQL/Redis database stacks, and more.

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

Via Go:

go install github.com/Timo-In/dcli@latest

Or download binary from the release page: GitHub Releases

⌨️ Usage

Simply run dcli in your terminal to enter interactive mode:

Command Flags

Flag	Description
`-a`, `--arun`	Show all services (including non-running ones)
`-n`, `--nrun`	Show only non-running services
`-f`, `--file`	Manually specify custom Compose files
`-p`, `--project`	Specify a custom project name
`-c`, `--config`	Print the current default configuration

🎮 Interactive Guide

Once inside dcli, you can perform operations using the following shortcuts:

Core Operations

1 - 3: Up / Stop / Restart services
4: View logs (type exit to return)
7: Enter container (auto-detects bash or sh)
8: Build and update services
s: Enable fuzzy search mode
menu: Show full functionality menu
0: Exit program

Quick Filtering

a: Switch to "Show All"
r: Switch to "Running Only"
l: Switch to list mode

🛠️ Customization

Configuration files are typically located at:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Timo-In/dcli/config.yml
Linux: ~/.config/Timo-In/dcli/config.yml

You can view your current default configuration and make adjustments by running dcli -c.

📜 Credits

The birth of this project was inspired by lazydocker. We have refactored and optimized its powerful Docker management logic into a CLI-focused tool for heavy terminal users.

Built with ❤️ by the open-source community.