# jessfraz/dockerfiles

Various Dockerfiles I use on the desktop and on servers.

Repository: https://github.com/jessfraz/dockerfiles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockerfiles
Homepage: https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/docker-containers-on-the-desktop/
Language: Dockerfile
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dockerfiles, bash, docker, dockerfile, linux, shell, containers
Last push: 2024-07-06T12:33:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4374, "days_push": 788, "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 13936, forks 2504 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:05.083079+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Dockerfiles maintained by Jessie Frazelle for packaging command-line tools and desktop applications as Docker containers. Images are published on Docker Hub and a private registry, letting users run apps in isolated containers instead of installing them on the host.

## Use cases
- run desktop apps in docker containers instead of installing them
- sandbox cli tools to avoid polluting my host system
- find ready-made dockerfiles for common utilities
- run the latest version of a tool without installing it
- learn how to write dockerfiles for gui and cli apps

## When to choose
- you want to run tools or desktop apps in isolated containers
- you want reference examples of well-written dockerfiles
- you prefer not installing software directly on your host

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade, officially supported images for a specific tool
- you want a package manager rather than container images
- you need guaranteed long-term maintenance of individual images

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, security, self-hosted
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: dockerfiles, container-images, desktop-apps, sandboxing, dockerhub, containers, devops, command-line, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- jessfraz/dockerfiles (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.083079+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 2026-08-29T17:12:56.477686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jessfraz/dockerfiles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:05.083079+00:00, sha 46cd0d50a1c8)
  - homepage: https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/docker-containers-on-the-desktop/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:06:57.432447+00:00, sha e7ee3623facb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.