# Install ducker with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

Slightly quackers Docker TUI based on k9s. Version 0.6.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ducker.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ducker
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ducker
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ducker
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/ducker/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ducker
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ducker from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ducker
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.6.5
- **Source summary:** Slightly quackers Docker TUI based on k9s
- **Homepage:** <https://ducker.soane.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/robertpsoane/ducker>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:20:15-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ducker (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.6.5
## Project history and usage

ducker is a small Rust terminal UI for managing Docker containers, images, volumes, and networks. Its own README frames it as inspired by k9s, which places it in the modern operator-TUI family rather than in Docker's official CLI lineage.

### Project history

The public release history starts in June 2024 with v0.0.1, followed quickly by early 0.0.x and 0.1.x releases. The README documents a cargo-first installation path with later package availability through Homebrew, Arch, and Nix.

The project is intentionally scoped around interactive Docker inspection and common container actions from the terminal.

### Adoption history

Evidence of adoption is thin beyond packaging and GitHub releases. Homebrew, Arch, and Nix packaging suggest enough interest for distribution, but the project remains niche compared with Docker's official CLI and larger TUI tools.

### How it is used

Users run ducker as an interactive TUI for Docker objects, navigating pages for containers, images, volumes, and networks and triggering actions through hotkeys or commands.

Its configuration is a YAML file on Linux, with options for prompt, default exec command, Docker socket path, update checks, and autocomplete behavior.

### Why package nerds care

ducker is useful metadata-wise because it is a package-manager-distributed Rust TUI around Docker, not a Docker plugin or daemon component. The name also invites confusion with DuckDB and Cyberduck-adjacent packages in alphabetical lists.

It shows the k9s pattern migrating from Kubernetes to smaller operational surfaces: package a focused terminal UI around an existing daemon API.

### Timeline

- 2024: v0.0.1 is published in the GitHub release history.
- 2024: v0.1.0 and v0.1.1 are published in August.
- 2024: v0.1.2 is published later in August.
- 2025: README documents Homebrew, Arch, Nix, and cargo installation paths.

### Related projects

- ducker is related to Docker, k9s, lazydocker, and other terminal dashboards that wrap daemon APIs with keyboard-driven views.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/robertpsoane/ducker>
- <https://ducker.soane.io>
- <https://github.com/robertpsoane/ducker/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Linux: ~/.config/ducker/config.yaml
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ducker: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/du/ducker/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman - ducker - 0.6.5-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ducker from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A terminal app for managing docker containers | https://github.com/robertpsoane/ducker


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph