# spotify/docker-maven-plugin

INACTIVE: A maven plugin for Docker

Repository: https://github.com/spotify/docker-maven-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-maven-plugin
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, maven, maven-plugin, java
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-09-14T14:31:28+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": 4454, "days_push": 1814, "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 2646, forks 556 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.759560+00:00)

## What it is
A Maven plugin for building and pushing Docker images from Java projects, capable of generating Dockerfiles from pom.xml configuration. It is officially inactive; Spotify recommends using dockerfile-maven instead.

## Use cases
- build docker images from maven builds
- push java service images to a docker registry
- generate a dockerfile from pom.xml configuration
- bind docker build commands to maven lifecycle phases
- authenticate with private docker registries from maven

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Java build that already uses this plugin
- you need Dockerfile generation from pom.xml and cannot migrate

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it is inactive and unmaintained
- you want a simpler Dockerfile-based workflow (use dockerfile-maven or Jib)
- you need Dockerfile commands like VOLUME without a Dockerfile

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, container-runtime, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: jvm, cli
- tags: maven-plugin, docker-images, java, deprecated, container-build, devops, containers, docker

## Member repositories
- spotify/docker-maven-plugin (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.759560+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 2026-08-30T02:18:58.893462+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spotify/docker-maven-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.759560+00:00, sha a3caa5d6191d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.