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docker-image-update-notification
If you have (many) docker images on your server(s) and want to always be updated, this script will help you check them periodically
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SaaSHub
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gantry
Gantry automatically updates selected docker swarm services to newer images with the same tag. It is inspired by but enhanced Shepherd. * A working image remover to optionally remove updated images. * Pre/Post run command to run other commands, like docker system prune. * Well tested.
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shepherd VS gantry - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 31 Oct 2024
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Docker Swarm: automatically update service when new image is released
Since watchtower doesn't support Docker Swarm I've come across shepherd but the author has stated that he wont be maintaining the project anymore which makes me reluctant to use it.
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Reminder to do some docker maintenance
Shepherd for those of that run docker swarm.
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Do you have auto update for your containers ? (with watchtower for example)
Not at production (there are strict versioned images), but personally I use Shepherd in my distributed Docker Swarm (many hosts in different locations, even different architectures). I wonder why people say about some terrible issues. I must be very lucky: for over a year usage I've had only single one problem when service wasn't properly restarted (I remember it was Traefik). The only services excluded from auto-update are PostgreSQL and MongoDB (MariaDB works fine with auto updates).
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Docker image update notifier
Because all my Docker services are running in Docker Swarm I use similar project shepherd (available also at dockerhub). Not many features, but extremely easy to set up and it does its job (check, download and restart any service when new image is available, so I don't need to care about program updating at all).
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Is Watchtower abandoned ? Is there a better alternative?
I've used this for years
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www.influxdata.com | 14 Jun 2025
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containrrr/shepherd is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of shepherd is Shell.
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