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Dev tools · February 6, 2017

Captain

A Docker menu bar app for Mac

Captain launched on February 6, 2017 with 191 votes, #143 of 3,156 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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What it does

Use Captain for Mac to manage Docker containers from the menu bar. Built with Electron.

See which containers are running and which have stopped. Conveniently start or stop any container directly from the menu bar. E.g. quickly switch between web server containers (port 80/443) of different projects. Containers are grouped automatically if the name of the container (or its image) contains multiple underscores. Hold ⌃ control to kill a container instantly. Waiting for containers to stop gracefully is usually a waste of time. Use at your own risk: some containers stop gracefully for a good reason! Hold ⌘ command to open a container in the browser. Useful if you don't want to bookmark or remember development URLs. Tip: Define an OPEN_IN_BROWSER container environment variable to…from getcaptain.co

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