# Install dockly with Homebrew

Immersive terminal interface for managing docker containers and services. Version 3.24.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dockly
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dockly
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dockly
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.24.5
- **Source summary:** Immersive terminal interface for managing docker containers and services
- **Homepage:** <https://lirantal.github.io/dockly/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:10-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dockly (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 3.24.5
## Project history and usage

Dockly is Liran Tal's Node.js terminal UI for managing Docker containers, services, and images from a local or remote Docker daemon.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in October 2016 and the npm package was published days later. Dockly belongs to the late-2010s wave of rich terminal dashboards built on Node.js terminal UI libraries, offering an interactive alternative to repeated `docker ps`, `docker logs`, and container-management commands.

By 2018, releases were already in the v3.x line, and maintenance continued through v3.24.5 in April 2025. The README documents local Docker socket use, remote daemon options, container filters, and running Dockly itself inside Docker.

### Adoption history

Dockly's README records visibility beyond package-manager listings: it says the project was featured or highlighted by Awesome Docker, DevOps Weekly, Terminals Are Sexy, Programmer's Weekly, Console.dev, Admin Magazine, and other community mentions.

The npm registry and Homebrew gave it two distinct install channels. npm metadata records 3.24.5, while the Homebrew formula API reported stable 3.24.5, 26 installs in the previous 30 days, and 429 installs in the previous year as of June 30, 2026.

### How it is used

Users install it globally with npm or Homebrew and run `dockly`; by default it connects to the local Docker Unix socket. Flags support custom socket paths, remote hosts, ports, protocols including SSH, and Docker API container filters.

### Why package nerds care

Dockly is significant as a packaged terminal dashboard: it wraps Docker daemon operations in a full-screen TUI while remaining installable as a normal CLI. Its history is also a snapshot of the era when Node-based terminal apps made infrastructure tools feel interactive without leaving the shell.

### Timeline

- 2016: GitHub repository created and npm package first published.
- 2018: v3.3.x releases published.
- 2025: v3.24.5 released on GitHub and npm.
- 2026: Homebrew formula API reports stable 3.24.5.

### Related projects

- Dockly is adjacent to Docker CLI workflows, Docker daemon API clients, and terminal UI projects listed under Awesome Docker's terminal tools.
- Its README points users to the Awesome Docker terminal section for similar Docker terminal-management tools.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/lirantal/dockly#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/lirantal/dockly>
- <https://registry.npmjs.org/dockly>
- <https://github.com/lirantal/dockly/releases/tag/v3.24.5>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/dockly.json>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dockly.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dockly.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph