DockPilot

DockPilot is a Linux-first desktop app for managing Docker locally through the Docker Engine API over the Unix socket at /var/run/docker.sock.

What is in this scaffold

• Tauri desktop shell for Linux
• React + TypeScript UI
• Rust backend that talks to Docker over the local Unix socket
• Containers and images pages
• Volumes and networks pages
• Container details drawer
• Live logs streaming
• Live CPU and memory stats
• Interactive container shell via exec
• Confirmation modal for destructive actions
• Dark theme developer-focused UI

Requirements

• Linux
• Docker Engine installed locally
• Your user added to the docker group
• On Ubuntu/Debian, the Tauri build also needs these native dev packages:

sudo apt-get install \
  libgtk-3-dev \
  libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev \
  libayatana-appindicator3-dev \
  librsvg2-dev \
  libsoup2.4-dev \
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-dev \
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev \
  libatk1.0-dev \
  libpango1.0-dev

If DockPilot shows a permission error, run:

sudo usermod -aG docker "$USER"

Then sign out and sign back in.

Run locally

From the dockpilot/ directory:

npm install
npm run tauri dev

Build

npm run tauri build

Project layout

dockpilot/
  src-tauri/
    src/
      main.rs
      docker/
        mod.rs
        containers.rs
        images.rs
        logs.rs
        stats.rs
        exec.rs
  src/
    app/
    components/
    pages/
    hooks/
    stores/
    types/

TODO

• Compose project view
• Compose service logs and controls
• Volume and network inspect drawers
• Container and image sorting by any column
• Docker prune wizard with granular impact preview
• Search within logs
• Shell tab resizing improvements
• Per-page persistent filters
• Native menubar and global shortcut polish
• Fedora and Arch packaging
• App icon and installer assets