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Top 23 Python docker-compose Projects
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boilerplates
Create reusable templates and turn them into configurable workloads for homelabs and self-hosted infrastructure. Free and Open-Source.
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AppSignal
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ODS
ODS V3 Pre-Release: Public testing and refinement ahead of the official V3 launch. Turn your PC, Mac, or Linux box into a private AI server.
Project mention: Show HN: Dream Server – Turn your PC, Mac, or Linux box into a private AI server | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-06-14 -
How my mindset changed :
- What's Docker?
- wow Docker is so convenient
- hmmm all that convenience is creating new problems
- is Docker really open?
- What's Podman?
- Ugh Podman is a great idea but does not work
- Is Podman working better now?
- ... kinda, just for testing on my machine
- wow... Podman works just as well as Docker in 99.99% of my cases
... so yes except for the last .01% (e.g. rather niche https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/792 ) it has now become my default.
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SaaSHub
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harbor
Stop configuring your AI stack. Start using it. One command brings a complete pre-wired LLM stack with hundreds of services to explore. (by av)
Project mention: Show HN: Harbor v0.4.19 – harbor launch –back end vLLM –web codex | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-26 -
Project mention: netbox-docker VS NetAlertX - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/netbox-docker | 2026-03-14
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FastAPI-boilerplate
An extendable async API using FastAPI, Pydantic V2, SQLAlchemy 2.0, PostgreSQL and Redis.
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Another one is how much time it takes to maintain vs how much interest it has. This is different than burnout.
I created and maintain example Docker Compose starter projects for Flask[0], Rails[1], Django[2] and Node[3]. I've had these going for 6-7 years and I maintain them at least once a week to keep everything up to date.
I used to also support Phoenix but I stopped after ~5 years because it was the least popular project but also took up more time to upgrade than all of the other example projects combined because Live View has changed in drastic ways so many times.
Plus it became no longer enjoyable to work on it since I stopped using Phoenix in my day to day as well. That combined with it being the least popular example app between the 5 projects.
I put together a 6 month plan to archive the repo in https://github.com/nickjj/docker-phoenix-example/issues/16, received zero feedback and then archived it at the start of 2026.
[0]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-flask-example
[1]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-rails-example
[2]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-django-example
[3]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-node-example
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cp-all-in-one
docker-compose.yml files for cp-all-in-one , cp-all-in-one-community, cp-all-in-one-cloud, Apache Kafka Confluent Platform
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ezarr
Ezarr aims to make it as easy as possible to setup an entire Servarr/Jackett/BitTorrent/Usenet/PleX/Jellyfin mediacenter stack using Docker
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bitcart
Bitcart is a free and open-source self-hosted payment processor for BTC, LTC, BCH, XMR, ETH, TRX, USDT and more
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FastAPI-Backend-Template
A backend project template with FastAPI, PostgreSQL with asynchronous SQLAlchemy 2.0, Alembic for asynchronous database migration, and Docker. (by Aeternalis-Ingenium)
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learn-generative-ai
Learn Cloud Applied Generative AI Engineering (GenEng) using OpenAI, Gemini, Streamlit, Containers, Serverless, Postgres, LangChain, Pinecone, and Next.js
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Another one is how much time it takes to maintain vs how much interest it has. This is different than burnout.
I created and maintain example Docker Compose starter projects for Flask[0], Rails[1], Django[2] and Node[3]. I've had these going for 6-7 years and I maintain them at least once a week to keep everything up to date.
I used to also support Phoenix but I stopped after ~5 years because it was the least popular project but also took up more time to upgrade than all of the other example projects combined because Live View has changed in drastic ways so many times.
Plus it became no longer enjoyable to work on it since I stopped using Phoenix in my day to day as well. That combined with it being the least popular example app between the 5 projects.
I put together a 6 month plan to archive the repo in https://github.com/nickjj/docker-phoenix-example/issues/16, received zero feedback and then archived it at the start of 2026.
[0]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-flask-example
[1]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-rails-example
[2]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-django-example
[3]: https://github.com/nickjj/docker-node-example
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Python docker-compose discussion
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How to Add a Kill Switch to Your AI Agent in 5 Minutes
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Show HN: Chat completion with multiple parallel personalities
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Switching Pip to Uv in a Dockerized Flask / Django App
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Index
What are some of the best open-source docker-compose projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | boilerplates | 7,982 |
| 2 | Mailu | 7,523 |
| 3 | ODS | 6,989 |
| 4 | podman-compose | 6,229 |
| 5 | nginx-ui | 4,463 |
| 6 | instantbox | 4,173 |
| 7 | speaches | 3,696 |
| 8 | Yamtrack | 3,655 |
| 9 | docker-wyze-bridge | 3,267 |
| 10 | harbor | 3,237 |
| 11 | netbox-docker | 2,785 |
| 12 | docker-autocompose | 2,590 |
| 13 | FastAPI-boilerplate | 2,091 |
| 14 | docker-django-example | 1,530 |
| 15 | cp-all-in-one | 1,162 |
| 16 | Tutor | 1,126 |
| 17 | ezarr | 1,079 |
| 18 | minima | 1,049 |
| 19 | bitcart | 987 |
| 20 | FastAPI-Backend-Template | 884 |
| 21 | learn-generative-ai | 792 |
| 22 | ansible-docker | 773 |
| 23 | docker-flask-example | 764 |
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