# Install dockerize with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers. Version 0.14.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-28. Also installable with apk: sudo apk add dockerize. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dockerize ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dockerize ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dockerize ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/dockerize/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dockerize ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dockerize from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dockerize - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.14.0 - **Source summary:** Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-28T14:10:41+02:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - dockerize (cli) - dockerize (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.14.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-28 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize - Upstream latest detected: v0.14.0 (current) ## Project history and usage dockerize is Jason Wilder's container-startup helper for templating config files from environment variables, waiting for dependent services, and tailing application logs to stdout or stderr. ### Project history The GitHub repository was created in October 2014, the same day as Wilder's blog post 'A Simple Way To Dockerize Applications.' That early Docker era often required shell glue to turn environment variables into config files, wait for linked services, and redirect file-based logs into Docker's logging model. dockerize formalized that glue into one static-style utility. Its first GitHub release, v0.0.1, appeared in October 2014; v0.1.0 followed in January 2016; and v0.13.0 was published in June 2026 with current release artifacts for Linux, Alpine, and macOS architectures. ### Adoption history dockerize became widely referenced because it solved practical Compose-era race conditions and legacy-app containerization problems without requiring application changes. The README links a Docker Compose issue discussion about why waiting for service readiness was outside Compose's own scope. Its adoption path spans direct release downloads, a `jwilder/dockerize` Docker base image, Alpine packaging, MacPorts, and Homebrew. The Homebrew formula API reported stable version 0.13.0, 115 installs in the previous 30 days, and 1,630 installs in the previous year as of June 30, 2026. ### How it is used Typical usage wraps an application command with `dockerize`, adding `-template` mappings for generated config files, `-wait` URLs for TCP/HTTP/file/unix readiness checks, `-timeout` for fail-fast startup, and `-stdout` or `-stderr` log-tail targets. Templates use Go's `text/template` with environment access through `.Env`. ### Why package nerds care dockerize is significant because it captures a whole genre of container entrypoint shell scripts in a reusable package. It is boring in the best package-manager sense: one small executable that makes old apps behave like cloud-native containers at startup. ### Timeline - 2014: Repository created, introductory blog post published, and v0.0.1 released. - 2016: v0.1.0 release published. - 2025: 0.9.x releases show continued maintenance. - 2026: v0.13.0 released and Homebrew reports stable 0.13.0. ### Related projects - dockerize is historically related to Docker, Docker Compose, Go `text/template`, and container entrypoint/wait-for-it style helper scripts. - It complements rather than replaces orchestration health checks: its main value is inside container startup for applications that cannot natively read environment variables, wait on dependencies, or log to stdout. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dockerize - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Conflicts With:** powerman-dockerize - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - apk - dockerize - 0.13.0-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dockerize from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers. | https://github.com/jwilder/dockerize - MacPorts - dockerize: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/dockerize/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://pkg.so/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [docker](https://pkg.so/brew/docker/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [docker-compose](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-compose/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [docker-buildx](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-buildx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [lazydocker](https://pkg.so/brew/lazydocker/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [docker-credential-helper-ecr](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-credential-helper-ecr/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [docker-credential-helper](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-credential-helper/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [docker-machine](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-machine/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [devcontainer](https://pkg.so/brew/devcontainer/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, containers, developer-tools, docker. - [gebug](https://pkg.so/brew/gebug/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: applications, cli, containers, developer, developer-tools. - [docker-clean](https://pkg.so/brew/docker-clean/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, containers, developer, developer-tools, docker. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dockerize.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dockerize.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph