Self-host ContainerFlow
v0.1.10Docker architecture visualizer, monitoring & config checks
docker compose up -d- Stars
- 192
- RAM
- 80 MB
- Port
- 9470 (HTTP server and WebSocket)
- Requires
- Docker
ghcr.io/rgjorge/containerflow
What is ContainerFlow?
ContainerFlow discovers Docker services through the socket, organizes them by project, and renders an interactive graph with detected links between applications, databases, caches, and proxies. Live CPU and memory readings refresh every few seconds, while a monitoring screen keeps historical charts for periods from one hour to a week in SQLite. Discord webhooks can send alerts when containers change state or exceed resource thresholds. The interface highlights containers that lack memory caps, CPU caps, or restart policies with warning banners. A side panel shows container details, statistics, environment variables, configuration, mounted volumes, live logs, and a built-in terminal for running commands inside containers. Container operations like starting, stopping, restarting, rebuilding, recreating, and removing work straight from the UI. Multi-tenant setups use ALLOWED_PATHS for path-based access control. The stack runs on Bun, Hono, React 19, and Tailwind CSS 4, consuming roughly 80 MB of RAM and starting in about half a second. It can be launched via Docker Compose using a prebuilt GHCR image, built locally with Bun, or run in development mode with hot reload.
Should you self-host ContainerFlow?
ContainerFlow scores 45/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #77 of 104 in Monitoring & observability. It has 192 GitHub stars.
It shipped 10 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.1.10, came out on 30 May 2026. New versions land roughly every 1 days.
Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is AGPL-3.0-licensed and written mostly in Typescript.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is dockge (76/100, 24 700 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See ContainerFlow vs dockge side by side.
Features
- Container Actions
- Container detail panel
- Discord Notifications
- Error toasts
- Inline terminal (docker exec)
- Monitoring page with history
- Path-based access control
- Project filter
- Real-time container logs
- Real-Time Metrics
- Smart connection detection
- Volumes and mounts listing
ContainerFlow README
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