# bibendi/dip

The dip is a CLI dev–tool that provides native-like interaction with a Dockerized application.

Repository: https://github.com/bibendi/dip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dip
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, docker-compose, cli, gem, ruby, zsh, bash, thor
Last push: 2026-05-23T20:20:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3618, "days_push": 102, "days_rel": 102, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1348, forks 50 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:27.720447+00:00)

## What it is
Dip is a Ruby-based CLI tool that provides native-like interaction with Dockerized applications, letting developers run container commands without typing verbose docker-compose invocations. It integrates with Zsh and Bash shells so commands defined in a dip.yml manifest can be run directly, with aliases automatically scoped to directories containing a dip.yml.

## Use cases
- run dockerized app commands without typing docker-compose
- set up consistent local dev environment across a team
- run rails commands inside containers as if local
- manage docker compose services with short aliases
- share project-specific dev commands via a dip.yml file
- avoid installing local toolchains by running everything in docker

## When to choose
- your team develops apps fully inside Docker Compose and wants ergonomic commands
- you want per-project shell aliases that activate on entering a directory
- you maintain a dockerized Rails or Node.js codebase with many recurring commands

## When to avoid
- you run some tools locally and some in Docker, risking command collisions
- you don't use Docker or Docker Compose in your workflow
- you need orchestration beyond local development environments

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, container-runtime, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: docker-compose, shell-integration, development-environment, ruby-gem, zsh, bash, devops, containers, command-line, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- bibendi/dip (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.720447+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 2026-08-30T04:42:24.779207+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bibendi/dip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:27.720447+00:00, sha 2d7fbe08aa1c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.