DockDesk – lightweight Docker Desktop-style GUI for Linux (~250 KB, no VM)

Hi everyone,

I created DockDesk, a small native GUI for managing Docker on Linux.

It is not Docker Desktop — it has no VM and no extra daemon. It talks directly to the Docker Engine you already have installed, so the containers you see are exactly the same ones the docker CLI shows.

Highlights:

Extremely small: ~250 KB .deb, zero npm dependencies

Containers (live stats, logs, file browser/edit, terminals)

Images (pull, build, run dialog with presets, vulnerability scan, compare)

Full Compose support (editor, dependency graph, combined logs)

One-click security labs (DVWA, Juice Shop, etc.) for learning/testing

Accessibility-focused and multi-language

Primarily developed and tested on Kali, but works on Debian/Ubuntu and should work on most Linux distros with Docker + Node 18+.

GitHub: https://github.com/DocKDes/DockDesk

Releases (with .deb): https://github.com/DocKDes/DockDesk/releases

I’m looking for feedback, testing on other distros, translation reviews, and packaging help (Fedora, Arch, etc.). Happy to answer any questions!

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