Outpatient clinic/Dept. of self-hosting
Your server's
family doctor.
Docktor deploys, monitors, backs up and updates the Docker Compose stacks on one server, from your browser. You don't need an SSH session.
- PT
- one Linux host
- ARCH
- amd64 · arm64
- ALLERGY
- clusters
Directory
Every department your containers need, under one roof.
Patient pathway
Follow the line on the floor.
- 1
Admission
Start Docktor with one compose file and finish the setup wizard.
- 2
Examination
Scan the host for running Compose projects, or deploy a new stack.
- 3
Treatment
Edit, update, back up and put a domain in front of each stack.
Second opinion
How Docktor compares to Portainer, Dockhand, Dockge and Komodo.
They're all good tools with different specialties. Docktor sees one host and treats the whole stack: files, backups, domains, health checks and updates.
| Capability | Docktor | Portainer CE | Dockhand | Dockge | Komodo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Several hosts | One host, by design | Agent per host | Socket, agent or TCP | Agents, since 1.4 | Periphery agent |
| Backups of stack data | restic, scheduled | Not in CE | restic, scheduled | ||
| Reverse proxy & Let's Encrypt | Built in | ||||
| Image update checks | Apply when you choose | Business edition | Tracked per image | Manual pull | Scheduled |
| Adopt running Compose projects | Adopt or migrate | Limited control | Read-only | Move into stacks dir | Set up per stack |
| HTTP health probes & uptime | With incident history | ||||
| No paid tier | MIT | zlib, paid Business | BSL 1.1, paid for business use | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
Prescription
Two containers, taken once.
Docktor runs as the app and a bundled Postgres database, from a published image for amd64 and arm64. You don't build anything or install a database. Your compose files stay on disk as the source of truth.
Patient one Linux host, Docker Engine, Compose v2
# fetch docker-compose.yml and .env, fill in CHANGE_ME
$ docker compose up -d
$ docker compose logs -f docktorSig. Once. Repeat docker compose pull to upgrade.
Refills unlimited · MIT licence