# docker/cli

The Docker CLI

Repository: https://github.com/docker/cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-cli
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, cli
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:18:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3430, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6025, forks 2190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.351907+00:00)

## What it is
The official Docker command-line interface, written in Go, used to build, run, and manage Docker containers, images, and related resources. It is the primary client for interacting with the Docker daemon and Docker Engine.

## Use cases
- manage docker containers from the command line
- build and push docker images
- run containers locally for development
- inspect container logs and status
- script docker operations in CI pipelines

## When to choose
- you need the standard, official client for Docker Engine
- you want a mature, widely documented container CLI
- you need cross-platform container management tooling

## When to avoid
- you use a different container runtime like Podman with its own CLI
- you need a GUI for container management
- you want Kubernetes-native tooling like kubectl

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, container-runtime, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: docker, containers, container-management, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- docker/cli (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.351907+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 2026-08-29T17:49:15.172586+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docker/cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.351907+00:00, sha 455e8580e7f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.