indigo-dc/udocker
A basic user tool to execute simple docker containers in batch or interactive systems without root privileges. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
39/100
- Activity 36
- 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: 3779
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 385
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1782 stars · 166 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
udocker is a Python-based command-line tool that lets unprivileged users pull and run Docker containers on Linux systems where Docker is unavailable or root access is not permitted. It wraps execution engines like PRoot, Fakechroot, runc, crun, and Singularity to simulate a chroot environment entirely in user space.
Use cases
- run docker containers on an hpc cluster without root privileges
- execute containers in user space on a shared linux system
- pull and run docker images where docker is not installed
- use containers in grid or batch computing environments
- run containerized software on a cluster managed by someone else
When to choose
- you lack root or sudo on a linux system and need to run docker containers
- you work on hpc, grid, or batch systems where docker cannot be installed
- you need a lightweight, dependency-minimal container runner deployable in your home directory
When to avoid
- you need full docker functionality such as networking, volumes, or docker-compose
- you have root access and can install docker, podman, or singularity directly
- you need high-performance or production-grade container isolation
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
container-runtime cli developer-tools developer-tools cloud-computing self-hosted python cli docker-without-root hpc proot fakechroot user-space-containers grid-computing batch-systems containers linux
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/indigo-dc/udocker · fetched 2026-08-28 · c17d8cf9d287
- homepage: https://indigo-dc.github.io/udocker/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7176d5b05f3c
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/udocker/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · cbade06318c5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| indigo-dc/udocker | main | 39 |
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