# apocas/dockerode

Docker + Node = Dockerode (Node.js module for Docker's Remote API)

Repository: https://github.com/apocas/dockerode
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dockerode
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: javascript, docker, nodejs, node, moby
Last push: 2026-08-10T23:11:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 78, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4752, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 70, "gap_med": 47, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4940, forks 486 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.804957+00:00)

## What it is
dockerode is a Node.js client library for Docker's Remote API, providing entity-based interfaces for containers, images, and execs with full stream support and demultiplexing. It supports callback and promise-based interfaces and covers the complete Docker Engine API surface.

## Use cases
- programmatically manage Docker containers from Node.js
- run commands inside containers like docker run via code
- build custom container orchestration tooling in JavaScript
- stream and demultiplex container logs and output
- inspect and manage Docker images through the Engine API
- integrate Docker lifecycle management into CI or automation scripts

## When to choose
- you need a mature, feature-complete Node.js client for the Docker Engine API
- you need raw access to Docker API streams without abstraction loss
- you want entity-oriented container/image/exec objects rather than raw HTTP calls
- you need both callback and promise interfaces

## When to avoid
- you use a language other than JavaScript/Node.js
- you only need docker-compose functionality and prefer a dedicated tool
- you want a high-level orchestration abstraction rather than a thin API client
- you are managing Kubernetes or non-Docker container runtimes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, developer-tools, container-runtime
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: docker-api, docker-client, containers, nodejs, remote-api, streaming, devops, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- apocas/dockerode (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.804957+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 2026-08-29T18:17:55.411447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apocas/dockerode (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.804957+00:00, sha 236ebe1f4dae)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/dockerode (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:47.429075+00:00, sha eb6e76a3b1de)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.