DockerVac
Docker is eating your disk alive. Time to fight back.
Docker is eating your disk alive. Time to fight back.
"Why is my disk full?" You check and Docker is using 200GB. But you only have 3 containers running.
Docker silently accumulates waste: dangling images from failed builds, stopped containers you forgot about, build cache from that project 6 months ago, volumes from deleted containers, and log files that never stop growing.
Docker's built-in prune commands? They're scattered, confusing, and miss half the cruft.
DockerVac scans your entire Docker installation and shows you exactly where your disk space went. See every image, container, volume, and cache entry with its size and age.
Clean everything with smart safety checks - DockerVac knows what's safe to delete and what might break your setup. One command to rule them all.
CLI available now! Full GUI version with signed installer coming soon.
Analyzes images, containers, volumes, build cache, and logs. Nothing escapes DockerVac's vacuum.
Identifies what's safe to delete. Running containers and their dependencies are protected by default.
See exactly what's using space: image layers, container filesystems, volume data, everything.
Choose what to clean: just dangling images, or go nuclear and reset everything.
Clean resources older than X days. Keep recent stuff, delete ancient artifacts.
See what would be deleted before pulling the trigger. No surprises.
Docker Desktop or Docker Engine installed. Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows (WSL2).
Yes. DockerVac never deletes running containers or images they depend on. It has multiple safety checks and always shows you what will be deleted before doing it. Plus, dry-run mode lets you preview everything.
Docker's prune is basic and misses a lot. DockerVac finds everything: specific layer waste, orphaned volumes, accumulated logs, build cache details. It's like the difference between a broom and a vacuum cleaner.
No. By default, DockerVac only removes truly unused resources. It preserves running containers, recently used images, and named volumes. You control exactly what gets cleaned.
The GUI version with signed installer is in development. It will have all CLI features plus visual space analysis, scheduled cleaning, and one-click operations. Follow the GitHub repo for updates.
Absolutely! DockerVac is open source. Submit issues, PRs, or feature requests on GitHub. Help us make Docker disk usage sane again.
"Freed up 147GB on first run. I had dangling images from 2022. How does Docker let this happen?"
"Our CI server was at 95% disk usage. DockerVac found 200GB of old build cache. Crisis averted."
"Finally, a tool that explains WHERE the space went instead of just deleting random stuff."
Available now as a CLI tool. GUI version coming soon!