# rzane/docker2exe

Convert a Docker image to an executable

Repository: https://github.com/rzane/docker2exe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker2exe
Language: Go
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-05-06T19:40:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 20, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2407, "days_push": 484, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2293, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.040009+00:00)

## What it is
docker2exe is a Go-based command-line tool that converts a Docker image into standalone native executables for macOS, Linux, and Windows. At runtime, the generated binary checks for the image locally, pulling it from a registry or, in embedded mode, loading it from a gzip tarball baked into the executable.

## Use cases
- convert a docker image into a standalone executable
- share a containerized tool as a single binary file
- embed a docker image inside an executable for offline distribution
- package a docker app so users can run it without pulling from a registry
- turn a docker image into an exe for windows
- distribute docker-based CLI tools without publishing to docker hub

## When to choose
- Your recipients already have Docker installed and you want to hand them one file instead of pull instructions
- You want registry-free, offline distribution of small images via the --embed tarball mode
- You need to produce darwin, linux, and windows binaries from a single build command

## When to avoid
- Target machines do not have Docker — the generated executable still shells out to docker pull/load/run
- You need true standalone binaries with no container runtime dependency
- You need ARM64 or other architectures — the README only shows amd64 outputs
- Embedded mode with large images, since the tarball is baked in and bloats the binary
- License clarity matters — the repository lists no license

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, build-tool, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: docker-image, packaging, single-binary, self-contained-executable, embedded-image, distribution, docker-wrapper, cross-platform, containers, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- rzane/docker2exe (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.040009+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 2026-08-30T02:40:39.054443+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rzane/docker2exe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.040009+00:00, sha 33b3246ef82a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.