install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install dockviz

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add dockviz

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dockviz · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

overview

Package summary

Visualizing docker data

Project links

Commands and aliases

dockviz

history

Project history and usage

Dockviz is a Go command-line tool for visualizing Docker image and container data. It belongs to the early Docker utility wave: small CLIs that made Docker's layer and container relationships easier to inspect before those views were common in mainstream tooling.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created in April 2014 and describes the project as a way to present Docker image and container information in different forms. Its README documents image trees, Graphviz DOT output, short summaries, and container-link diagrams, all centered on making Docker's local state visible from the terminal.

Adoption history

Dockviz became a niche but well-known Docker helper rather than a general-purpose platform tool. The repository still has more than a thousand stars, and Homebrew continues to package release 0.6.4, but Homebrew analytics show modest recent installs, which fits a mature specialist tool.

How it is used

Typical usage is interactive inspection: `dockviz images --tree` for a terminal tree, `dockviz images --dot | dot ...` for rendered graphs, and `dockviz containers --dot` for container relationship diagrams. It can read Docker daemon data directly or accept Docker JSON on standard input.

Why package nerds care

Dockviz is package-nerd interesting because it captures a specific moment in Docker history: image layers were central to understanding builds, and a small Go binary plus Graphviz was enough to turn opaque local Docker state into inspectable structure.

Timeline

2014: GitHub repository created for visualizing Docker data.
2010s: README documents Docker image trees, Graphviz output, and container diagrams.
2026: Homebrew packages stable release 0.6.4 with low but continuing install activity.

Related projects

Dockviz is closely related to Docker itself and to Graphviz, which the README uses for rendering DOT output. Its examples also reference older Docker environment tooling such as boot2docker and docker-machine.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`dockviz`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.6.4

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.6.4

https://github.com/justone/dockviz

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:dockviz
Version	0.6.4
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dockviz
Homepage	https://github.com/justone/dockviz
Repository	https://github.com/justone/dockviz
Upstream docs	https://github.com/justone/dockviz#readme
License	Apache-2.0
Source archive	https://github.com/justone/dockviz/archive/refs/tags/v0.6.4.tar.gz
Build dependencies	go
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	dockviz
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

apk95%

dockviz 0.6.4-r32

Visualizing Docker Data

https://github.com/justone/dockviz

sudo apk add dockviz

License: Apache-2.0
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: dockviz
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Dockviz

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dockviz from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/dockviz.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Install dockviz with Homebrew, apk