Docker Virtual filesystem for Midnight Commander

A virtual filesystem for Midnight Commander to access and manage Docker containers, images, networks and volumes.

Features

  • List Docker containers, images, networks and volumes
  • View Docker containers, images, networks and volumes
  • Easily delete supported Docker resources
  • Start a shell into running containers

Screenshot of Midnight Commander with dockerfs showing available containers Screenshot of Midnight Commander with dockerfs showing available images Screenshot of Midnight Commander with dockerfs showing available volumes

Installation

Copy dockerfs+ to

~/.local/share/mc/extfs.d

and make it executable.

Usage

$ mc dockerfs://

If the Docker daemon is available via network, start it as:

DOCKER_HOST=127.0.0.1:2375 mc dockerfs://

Contributing

Found a bug or got a feature request? Please report it at https://github.com/eht16/mc_extfs_docker/issues.

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

Tags: docker, mc, vfs, midnight-commander, extfs May 3, 2025