# NilsIrl/dockerc

container image to single executable compiler

Repository: https://github.com/NilsIrl/dockerc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockerc
Language: Zig
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: containers, docker, oci, oci-image
Last push: 2025-01-02T03:13:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 16/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 66
- inputs: {"age_days": 928, "days_push": 608, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4915, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.343760+00:00)

## What it is
dockerc is a CLI tool written in Zig that compiles Docker/OCI container images into standalone portable Linux binaries. The resulting executables embed the container and run it rootlessly, supporting flags like -e and -v similar to docker run.

## Use cases
- compile a docker image into a single executable
- distribute CLI tools without requiring docker or pip install
- run containers rootlessly as normal binaries
- package an app image as a portable binary for x86_64 or arm64
- give users an executable instead of docker run instructions

## When to choose
- you want to ship a containerized app as a single portable Linux binary
- users should not need Docker or a package manager installed
- you need rootless container execution on Linux

## When to avoid
- you need macOS or Windows support (not yet implemented)
- you need full docker run flag coverage
- you target non-Linux platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: container-runtime, compiler, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: docker, oci-image, portable-binaries, rootless-containers, zig, single-executable, containers, command-line, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- NilsIrl/dockerc (main) score 16

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.343760+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 2026-08-29T18:18:03.319599+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/NilsIrl/dockerc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.343760+00:00, sha f5db249a1e43)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.