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Captain

Captain

A Docker menu bar app for Mac

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A Docker menu bar app for Mac

2 followers

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Launched in 2017View 1 launch
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Rick
Rick
Mollie

Mollie

Maker
Hi all! It's actually my first time shipping a complete app as a sideproject. I made Captain, while trying to scratch my own itch. It's a small Mac menu bar app that shows the Docker containers running on your machine so you can start/stop them with a simple click. ✨ Please check it out, and let me know what you think about the app, the website, design, anything. 🙏 P.S. special thanks to my friend @gielcobben who helped me ship Captain.
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8yr ago
Jordan Finnigan
Jordan Finnigan
@rygu @gielcobben Tweeted at you guys yesterday... It just says "Docker not available" and there's no indication as to the issue. I have docker running (Kitematic as well), and 5 containers. Any ideas?
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8yr ago
Rick
Rick
Mollie

Mollie

Maker
@jadojodo Hi Jordan. Can you see if there's a `docker` binary at `/usr/local/bin/` ? I'm working on a fix for Homebrew installations of the docker binary.
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8yr ago
Jordan Finnigan
Jordan Finnigan
@rygu There is indeed. I do have it installed via Homebrew, so I suspect that's the issue. Perhaps pop a note on a FAQ page on the site?
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8yr ago
James Ide
James Ide
Expo

Expo

This is pretty cool. One of the things I wish Docker had was a GUI or terminal UI in addition to its CLI. I really like that Captain helps with discoverability -- I found a couple containers I didn't know I had running.
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8yr ago
André J
André J
@ji Definitely. More CLI should get GUI wrappers
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8yr ago
Vlad Arbatov
Vlad Arbatov
@ji "One of the things I wish Docker had was a GUI" – but what about Kitematic?
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8yr ago
jaredstenquist
jaredstenquist
@ji check out Portainer http://portainer.io/
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8yr ago
Mike Coutermarsh
Mike Coutermarsh
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PlanetScale Boost

Nice! What's different from this than kitematic (what I use currently). The UI is certainly nicer than kitematic.
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8yr ago
Rick
Rick
Mollie

Mollie

Maker
@mscccc Thanks. I still use Kitematic as well, very useful. I just had to scratch my own itch, being able to have a quick glance to see what's running and what's not, or to stop a webserver and start another on the same port. Without leaving my workflow.
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8yr ago
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