# codekitchen/dinghy

faster, friendlier Docker on OS X. Deprecated.

Repository: https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dinghy
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-04-16T17:34:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4319, "days_push": 2696, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2101, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.639321+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: container-runtime, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli
- tags: docker-machine, nfs-volumes, deprecated, local-development, dns, http-proxy, containers, devops, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- codekitchen/dinghy (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.639321+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:54:17.367736+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/codekitchen/dinghy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.639321+00:00, sha 36e20b38f627)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.