# brikis98/docker-osx-dev

A productive development environment with Docker on OS X

Repository: https://github.com/brikis98/docker-osx-dev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-osx-dev
Homepage: http://www.ybrikman.com/writing/2015/05/19/docker-osx-dev/
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, boot2docker, osx, rsync, developer-tools
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-03-04T11:47:17+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": 4127, "days_push": 3104, "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 1428, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:42.024823+00:00)

## What it is
A shell script CLI tool that sets up a productive Docker development environment on OS X by using rsync to sync source folders into containers, working around slow vboxsf mounts and broken file watching. It automates installing Docker, Boot2Docker, and related dependencies.

## Use cases
- speed up docker volume mounts on mac
- fix file watching inotify in docker containers on osx
- set up docker development environment on mac
- avoid slow vboxsf shared folders in virtualbox
- sync source code into docker containers with rsync
- iterative development with docker on os x

## When to choose
- legacy Boot2Docker/VirtualBox setups on OS X with slow mounted volumes and broken file watching

## When to avoid
- you use modern Docker for Mac, which has fixed volume performance and file watching
- you need an actively maintained tool
- you are on Linux or Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, file-system, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: docker, rsync, osx, boot2docker, volume-mounting, file-watching, unmaintained, containers, devops, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- brikis98/docker-osx-dev (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.024823+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 2026-08-30T04:37:18.674406+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brikis98/docker-osx-dev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.024823+00:00, sha 861fc2dd4fb8)
  - homepage: http://www.ybrikman.com/writing/2015/05/19/docker-osx-dev/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:52.745852+00:00, sha 7e5a9910a2d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.