Nookat is a lightweight container management tool that provides all the essential features you need without the bloat. Fast, intuitive, and completely free.

Built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript.

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Key Features

• 🚀 Lightweight & Fast: Built with Rust and Tauri for optimal performance
• 📦 Container Management: Start, stop, and manage containers with ease
• 🖼️ Image Management: Browse, pull, and manage Docker images
• 🌐 Network Management: Configure and monitor Docker networks
• 💾 Volume Management: Handle Docker volumes and data persistence
• ⚙️ Settings & Configuration: Customize your Docker experience
• 🔧 Auto Container Engine Setup: Downloads and Installs container engines if needed, with Colima as the default
• 🎨 Modern UI: Clean, intuitive interface built with React and Tailwind CSS
• 🆓 Completely Free: No premium features, no subscriptions

Screenshots

Container management interface

📸 More Screenshots Available

Explore the complete collection of screenshots in the screenshots/ folder, including both light and dark theme variants for all major features

Installation

Prerequisites

• macOS: macOS 10.15 or later
• Linux: Most modern distributions
• Windows: Windows 10 or later
• Any OCI-compatible container runtime, or install Colima in Nookat app settings
• Tauri (for development)

Download Nookat

You can download the latest release from GitHub Releases

Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18 or higher)
• Rust (latest stable)

Build from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nookat-io/nookat.git
cd nookat

# Install dependencies
npm i

# Set up environment variables
cp env.example .env

# Start development server
npm run tauri dev

Available Scripts

• npm run tauri dev - Start Tauri development mode
• npm run build - Build for production

💡 Pro Tip: Most of the convenient development scripts are available in the justfile. Check out just --list to see all available commands, or run just to see the most common ones.

Architecture

Nookat is built with a modern, cross-platform architecture:

• Frontend: React with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Rust with Tauri
• Container Engine: Colima an Lima as a container runtime
• Docker API: bollard-rs for Docker daemon communication

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Here's how to get started:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/YourFeature)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add YourFeature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/YourFeature)
6. Open a Pull Request

Recommended IDE Setup

• VS Code with extensions:
  • Tauri
  • rust-analyzer
  • TypeScript Importer

License

Nookat is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Acknowledgements

• Built with Tauri, React, and Rust, bollard-rs

Community

• GitHub: nookat-io/nookat
• Issues: Report bugs or request features
• Discussions: Join the community

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

1. Check the GitHub Issues page
2. Search existing discussions
3. Create a new issue with detailed information
4. Join our community discussions

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