codekitchen/dinghy
faster, friendlier Docker on OS X. Deprecated. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4319
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2696
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2101 stars · 106 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Dinghy is a Ruby-based CLI wrapper around docker-machine that provides a faster, friendlier Docker development environment on macOS, using NFS volume sharing, DNS, and an HTTP proxy. It is now deprecated in favor of Docker for Mac for most users.
Use cases
- run docker on mac with faster volume mounts
- speed up rails development with docker on osx
- get filesystem events working in docker mounted volumes
- access containers via local dns and http proxy
- set up docker-machine vm with xhyve on mac
When to choose
- you are stuck on an older macOS setup where Docker for Mac is slow with many host-mounted files
- you want the dinghy-http-proxy and DNS workflow for switching between many local web projects
When to avoid
- starting a new project today - Docker for Mac or OrbStack are better maintained options
- you need active development or new features
- you are not on macOS
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
container-runtime developer-tools cli developer-tools apple-ecosystem cli docker-machine nfs-volumes deprecated local-development dns http-proxy containers devops macos docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy · fetched 2026-08-28 · 36e20b38f627
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| codekitchen/dinghy | main | 10 |
For agents
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