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Top 23 Shell Container Projects
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Docker-OSX
Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.
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docker-mailserver
Production-ready fullstack but simple mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.) running inside a container.
It's really not that hard to run a mailserver with https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver
The problem is that Gmail will bounce any emails from DigitalOcean IP, even if you sit on this IP for years (so no recent spam), even if replying to someone, even if you registered as 'Postmaster' on Google.
So if you want to selfhost, you'll first need to find an IP that's not blocked to begin with.
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redroid-doc
redroid (Remote-Android) is a multi-arch, GPU enabled, Android in Cloud solution. Track issues / docs here
Project mention: Run Linux containers on Android, no root required | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-03 -
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freeipa-container
FreeIPA server in containers — images at https://quay.io/repository/freeipa/freeipa-server?tab=tags
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resolve
Container scripts to build and run DaVinci Resolve [Studio] for Linux using Docker or Podman
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s2i-python-container
Python container images based on Red Hat Software Collections and intended for OpenShift and general usage, that provide a platform for building and running Python applications. Users can choose between Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and CentOS based images.
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aws-terraform-dev-container
A VSCode Dev Container with tools to help you build and manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform
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podman-caddy-socket-activation
Demo of how to run socket-activated caddy with Podman. Source IP address is preserved.
Project mention: Production-Grade Container Deployment with Podman Quadlets – Larvitz Blog | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-16I use socket activation instead of running reverse proxy with `CAP_NET_BIND`. Caddy supports socket binding, and can handle SSL certs. I now just log-in every week or so and run `journalctl --user -f --since "2025-11-09" --grep "error"` to check for anything going on.
https://github.com/eriksjolund/podman-caddy-socket-activatio...
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s2i-php-container
PHP container images based on Red Hat Software Collections and intended for OpenShift and general usage, that provide a platform for building and running PHP applications. Users can choose between Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and CentOS based images.
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Project mention: GitLab discovers widespread NPM supply chain attack | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-28
I wrote myself a handy and generalized bwrap-wrapping script: https://github.com/sandbox-utils/sandbox-run
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).
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Redroid is a multi-arch, GPU enabled, Android in Cloud solution
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Show HN: We Put Chromium on a Unikernel
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Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches
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Docker-OS X image removed because Apple claims infringes copyright
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Docker-OSX · Follow @sickcodes on Twitter
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É caro programar do jeito “honesto”
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Caso você não queira comprar um Mac mas ainda queira o sistema, agora dá pra rodar MacOS dentro do Docker
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Container projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Docker-OSX | 52,562 |
| 2 | ProxmoxVE | 28,411 |
| 3 | docker-mailserver | 18,312 |
| 4 | Compose-Examples | 7,270 |
| 5 | redroid-doc | 6,372 |
| 6 | awesome-k8s-tools | 1,053 |
| 7 | foundryvtt-docker | 887 |
| 8 | freeipa-container | 699 |
| 9 | zerotier-docker | 401 |
| 10 | Termux-Udocker | 360 |
| 11 | CasaOS-AppStore | 326 |
| 12 | micromamba-docker | 292 |
| 13 | resolve | 290 |
| 14 | s2i-python-container | 270 |
| 15 | dotfiles | 247 |
| 16 | aws-terraform-dev-container | 164 |
| 17 | vnstat-docker | 144 |
| 18 | podman-caddy-socket-activation | 142 |
| 19 | virtual-klipper-printer | 122 |
| 20 | s2i-php-container | 113 |
| 21 | docker | 87 |
| 22 | docker | 80 |
| 23 | sandbox-run | 78 |
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