Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Quickstart templates for Docker-based projects launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Habitus▲126

   An open source build flow tool for Docker

   2016 · habitus.io · its alternatives →

2. 2JF
   Java full-stack starter template for side projects▲7

   2020 · turbovar.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Portainer▲14

   A simple management UI for Docker

   2016 · portainer.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Wercker▲74

   Automation driven development with docker

   2015 · blogs.oracle.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tutum▲86

   Docker containers as a cloud service

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Kite▲62

   Super fast web dev environment setup, built on Docker

   2014 · usekite.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Appgyver Composer 2▲70

   Visual builder for rapidly building enterprise apps

   2015 · appgyver.com · its alternatives →

8. 8MA
   Modus, a Datalog dialect for building Docker/OCI container images▲9

   2022 · modus-continens.com · its alternatives →

9. 9DB
   Docker-backed arbitrary code execution API▲8

   2017 · destroymyfyp.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AQ
    A Quick Demo of Apache Beam with Docker▲5

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

11. 11SA
    Simple and free Docker build as a service▲5

    2021 · svennex.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Building better base images▲38

    This project addresses the inefficiencies of traditional Dockerfile-based container builds where each customization layer creates storage bloat through duplicate dependencies from repeated apt-get install commands, network inefficiency from redundant package downloads across different images, and slow iteration cycles requiring full rebuilds of all previous steps. Our solution enables building minimal base images from scratch using debootstrap that precisely include only required components in the initial build, while allowing creation of specialized variants (Java, Kafka, etc.) from these…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13AT
    A template engine for Node.js that treats templates as modules▲6

    2019 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TE
    The easiest way to deploy Docker with services discovery (visualops.io)▲6

    2014 · medium.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AT
    A template to help you write your web project specs in less than 10mins▲9

    2020 · specstemplate.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Flocker▲4

    Container Data Management for Docker

    2015 · king138.asia · its alternatives →

17. 17
    LLM prompt template to build backend APIs faster▲7

    2025 · codehooks.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Docko▲13

    Document automation

    2025 · docko.id · its alternatives →

19. 19IL
    ImageCart – Low cost unlimited public and private Docker repositories▲5

    2020 · imagecart.cloud · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Essex – Docker Project Boilerplate▲7

    A Docker project template generator written in Rust - utensils/essex

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Nucleus▲4

    A realtime UI for Docker

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22AS
    A simpler way to use Kubernetes▲5

    2017 · kedgeproject.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Androcker▲6

    An unofficial client app for Docker

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24NE
    Nucleotid.es – benchmarking bioinformatics software using docker▲6

    continuous, objective and reproducible evaluation of genome assemblers using docker containers

    2014 · nucleotid.es · its alternatives →

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