Top 23 Go docker-compose Projects

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1. Docker Compose

   1 446 38,360 9.7 Go

   Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

   

   Project mention: The "DB_PASSWORD" variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string: fixing unset ${VAR} in Docker Compose | dev.to | 2026-10-06

   The request to make this fail by default is years old: docker/compose#5505.

2. AppSignal

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3. colima

   2 143 31,138 8.5 Go

   Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

   

   Project mention: Apple/macOS silently removed from official Unix registry | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-10-10

   Its called colima and its excellent.

   https://colima.run/

4. kompose

   3 56 10,633 6.1 Go

   Convert Compose to Kubernetes

   

5. arcane

   4 3 7,841 9.9 Go

   Modern Docker Management, Designed for Everyone

   

   Project mention: dockge VS arcane - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/dockge | 2026-06-11

6. uncloud

   5 17 5,520 9.5 Go

   A lightweight tool for deploying and managing containerised applications across a network of Docker hosts. Bridging the gap between Docker and Kubernetes ✨

   

   Project mention: Rebuilding My Homelab with Compose, Ruby, IPv6, and No Kubernetes | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-07-16

   You might like https://uncloud.run/

7. docker-volume-backup

   6 33 4,035 9.1 Go

   Backup Docker volumes locally or to any S3, WebDAV, Azure Blob Storage, Dropbox, Google Drive or SSH compatible storage

   

   Project mention: Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-10

   You may want to have a look at docker-volume-backup[1]. I personally use it.

   [1]: https://github.com/offen/docker-volume-backup/

8. cloudflare-ddns

   7 8 2,929 9.1 Go

   🌟 A small, feature-rich, and robust Cloudflare DDNS updater (by favonia)

   

9. SaaSHub

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10. gonic

    8 36 2,565 9.0 Go

    music streaming server / free-software subsonic server API implementation

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Rmp, a Subsonic music player for generating playlists on the fly | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-23

11. go-oauth2-server

    9 0 2,152 2.3 Go

    A standalone, specification-compliant, OAuth2 server written in Golang.

    

12. doco-cd

    10 3 1,700 9.9 Go

    Docker Compose Continuous Deployment

    

    Project mention: My Homelab AI Dev Platform | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-15

    I see a lot of people using Komodo for it, though if I had to pick I'd go with Doco CD[0]. You can also use standard Ansible for just cron+bash script to git pull.

    On the Podman side, I wrote a tool named Materia[1] for it, but there's also the wonderful Ansible quadlet role as well as Quadit and Orchess.

    [0] https://github.com/kimdre/doco-cd

    [1] https://primamateria.systems or https://github.com/stryan/materia

13. distr

    11 10 1,233 9.9 Go

    The Open Source control plane for self-hosted, BYOC, and on-prem deployments. Everything you need to distribute applications to self-hosted customers out of the box. Supporting Docker Compose, Docker Swarm and Helm based applications.

    

    Project mention: Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026? | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-05

    This is a problem we, as a company, have thought about a lot, but we always concluded that Kubernetes is already the simplest abstraction of a distributed system that is feasible for the diverse needs that the biggest companies out there have.

    We previously built a package manager for Kubernetes to abstract it in the simplest way possible `glasskube install app` but we failed because every abstraction needs to follow a "convention over configuration" pattern at some point. Also, we weren't able to monetize a package manager.

    With Distr (https://github.com/distr-sh/distr), we have actually been able to help companies not only package but distribute and either manage or give their customers a way to self-manage applications. Our customers are able to land on-premises contracts at enterprises way faster than before, which is also a clear ROI for paying for Distr.

    So, I don't think that you can get the flexibility of a distributed application orchestrator with a simple declarative YAML file if your target environments are diverse.

14. compose2nix

    12 6 909 6.6 Go

    Generate a NixOS config from a Docker Compose project.

    

    Project mention: NixOS. Snikket. Self-host E2EE messenger with calls | dev.to | 2026-03-02

    NixOS does not (yet) have a nix module for Snikket, however there is wonderful compose2nix project that turns any docker-compose.yml into nix file which you can import to your server's configuration (more about it later).

15. seonaut

    13 3 806 5.8 Go

    Open source SEO audit tool.

    

16. Lazytainer

    14 23 777 1.0 Go

    Docker container lazy loading

    

17. kool

    15 4 727 6.4 Go

    From local development to the cloud: web apps development with containers made easy.

    

18. iptv-proxy

    16 1 721 7.1 Go

    IPTV reverse proxy for M3U/M3U8 playlists and Xtream Codes accounts, with HLS. One binary or Docker container. (by pierre-emmanuelJ)

    

19. EcommerceAPI

    17 1 697 8.0 Go

    Modular e-commerce backend with a GraphQL gateway and gRPC microservices for accounts, products, orders, payments, and recommendations.

    

20. kurtosis

    18 8 555 9.4 Go

    A platform for packaging and launching blockchain infra. Think docker compose for blockchain

    

21. compose-go

    19 2 446 8.6 Go

    Reference library for parsing and loading Compose YAML files

    

22. go-rest-api-example

    20 1 432 5.3 Go

    Production-ready Go REST APIs without the enterprise bloat

    

23. exo

    21 8 419 0.0 Go

    A process manager & log viewer for dev (by deref)

    

24. skmz

    22 1 400 0.9 Go

    A GraphQL-based Web App written with Go, React and MongoDB

    

25. seelf

    23 2 345 5.2 Go

    Lightweight self-hosted deployment platform written in Go

    

26. SaaSHub

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