Discover LazyDocker: A Terminal UI for Effortless Docker Management

This article introduces LazyDocker, a simple terminal‑based UI tool written in Go for managing Docker and Docker‑Compose containers and services.

1. Features

View Docker or Docker‑Compose container environment status at a glance.

Inspect logs of containers/services.

Display ASCII charts of container metrics such as CPU and memory.

Customize these charts to measure almost any metric you desire.

Directly enter a container or service.

Restart, delete, or rebuild containers/services.

View ancestor layers of a given image.

Prune containers, images, or volumes that consume disk space.

2. Installation

Installation is straightforward via Homebrew, binary releases, or Go.

# Homebrew
brew tap jesseduffield/lazydocker
brew install lazydocker

# Binary Release (Linux/OSX)
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/master/scripts/install_update_linux.sh | bash

# Go (requires Go >= 1.8)
go get github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker

# Zsh configuration
echo "alias lzd='lazydocker'" >> ~/.zshrc

# Dockerfile example
# docker build -t lazydocker .
# docker run -it lazydocker:latest /bin/sh -l

FROM golang:alpine
WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/
COPY ./ .
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build

FROM alpine:latest
RUN apk add -U git xdg-utils
WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/
COPY --from=0 /go/src/github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker /go/src/github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker
COPY --from=0 /go/src/github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/lazydocker /bin/
echo "alias gg=lazydocker" >> ~/.profile

3. Keyboard Bindings

Key shortcuts improve usability across different panels.

Project
  e: edit lazydocker config
  o: open lazydocker config
  [: previous tab
  ]: next tab
  m: view logs
  enter: focus main panel

Containers
  [: previous tab
  ]: next tab
  d: remove
  e: Hide/Show stopped containers
  s: stop
  r: restart
  a: attach
  D: prune exited containers
  m: view logs
  c: run predefined custom command
  enter: focus main panel

Services
  d: remove containers
  s: stop
  r: restart
  a: attach
  m: view logs
  [: previous tab
  ]: next tab
  R: view restart options
  c: run predefined custom command
  enter: focus main panel

Images
  [: previous tab
  ]: next tab
  d: remove image
  D: prune unused images
  enter: focus main panel

Volumes
  [: previous tab
  ]: next tab
  d: remove volume
  D: prune unused volumes
  enter: focus main panel

Main
  esc: return