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fsouza/go-dockerclient

Go client for the Docker Engine API. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient · homepage · Go · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4862
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 9
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2244 stars · 557 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A Go client library for the Docker Engine remote API, including Swarm and network API support. It predates Docker's official Go SDK and remains maintained but lags behind the official SDK in new API features.

Use cases

  • control docker containers from a go program
  • list and manage docker images programmatically
  • talk to the docker engine api in go
  • connect to a tls-secured docker daemon
  • manage docker networks and swarm from go code

When to choose

  • you have an existing Go codebase already using go-dockerclient
  • you need a mature, widely imported Docker API client with TLS and env-based configuration

When to avoid

  • you are starting a new project - the official Docker Go SDK is more up to date
  • you need the newest Docker Engine API features, which are implemented on demand here

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

http-client sdk developer-tools developer-tools apis go windows cross-platform docker docker-engine-api docker-client containers go-library swarm tls devops linux macos

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Member repositories

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