DockLite

Lightweight Docker Desktop Manager for Linux

DockLite is a lightweight Docker desktop manager for Linux built with Python and PySide6.

It gives developers a clean graphical interface to manage Docker containers without needing to use the terminal for basic tasks.

DockLite focuses on being simple, fast, native-looking, and less heavy than large Electron-based Docker GUI tools. A lightweight Docker desktop manager for Linux built with Python and Qt.

• View all Docker containers
• Start containers
• Stop containers
• Restart containers
• Delete containers
• Live container logs
• Real-time CPU and memory stats
• Dark modern UI
• Lightweight and fast

• Python
• PySide6 (Qt for Python)
• Docker SDK for Python

git clone https://github.com/yaselmo/DockLite.git
cd DockLite

python -m venv .venv

source .venv/bin/activate

.venv\Scripts\activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

python main.py

DockLite/
│
├── docklite/
│   ├── app.py
│   ├── docker_service.py
│   ├── styles.py
│   └── __init__.py
│
├── main.py
├── requirements.txt
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

• Python 3.10+
• Docker installed and running
• Linux system

• Container creation
• Docker Compose support
• Image management
• Container terminal access
• Search and filtering
• Notifications
• System tray support
• Resource graphs
• Multi-host support

Most Docker GUI tools are heavy, slow, or Electron-based.

DockLite focuses on:

• simplicity
• speed
• native Linux desktop experience
• lightweight resource usage

GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)

Yasser El Mouatadir

GitHub: https://github.com/yaselmo