mariotoffia/FluentDocker

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A .NET library providing a fluent API for managing Docker and Podman containers, images, and compose stacks locally and remotely. It includes testing packages for xUnit, MsTest, and NUnit to spin up containerized dependencies during integration tests.

Use cases

• start nginx in a docker container from a .NET test
• run integration tests against real databases in containers
• spin up docker-compose stacks programmatically in C#
• use podman instead of docker in .NET tests
• wait for a container port to be ready before running tests
• manage docker containers from a dotnet application

When to choose

• you are on .NET and want Testcontainers-like container lifecycle control with a fluent API
• you need to orchestrate docker-compose or docker-stack from C# code
• you want to support both Docker and Podman from the same codebase

When to avoid

• you are not using a .NET language
• you only need to run containers via shell scripts or CI without programmatic control
• you need Kubernetes-level orchestration rather than single-host containers

Facets

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testing developer-tools container-runtime configuration-management developer-tools testing cross-platform dotnet windows docker-compose podman fluent-api integration-testing testcontainers-alternative csharp nuget containers devops docker linux macos

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