# brouberol/marcel

Le docker français :whale: :fr:

Repository: https://github.com/brouberol/marcel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/marcel
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-02-08T11:43:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3876, "days_push": 1302, "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 1731, forks 46 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.679947+00:00)

## What it is
Marcel is a humorous French-language wrapper around the Docker CLI, acting as a drop-in replacement that translates Docker commands into French equivalents (e.g., 'docker run' becomes 'marcel chauffe'). It is a satirical project referencing the 'French sovereign OS' joke from a Docker GitHub issue.

## Use cases
- run docker commands with french translations
- use a drop-in replacement for the docker cli
- wrap docker commands in french
- build images using a RecetteÀMarcel file instead of a Dockerfile
- prank colleagues with a french docker cli

## When to choose
- you want a fun, satirical french-language docker wrapper
- you need a drop-in docker CLI replacement with translated commands

## When to avoid
- you need a serious, production docker tool
- you require active development or recent updates
- you need features beyond what the docker CLI already provides

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, container-runtime
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cli
- tags: docker-wrapper, humor, french, satire, drop-in-replacement, command-line, containers, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- brouberol/marcel (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.679947+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 2026-08-30T03:31:42.277786+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brouberol/marcel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.679947+00:00, sha b6ff1e7fdff8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.