DockSprout

A simple CLI tool to bring up Docker containers from multiple docker-compose.yml files in subdirectories.

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Features

• Scans a central directory for docker-compose.yml files.
• Recursively searches subdirectories for Docker Compose projects.
• Automatically brings up (or down) all discovered containers using docker compose.
• Use a .sprout-ignorefile to ignore certain directories of containers you don't want brought up.
• A lightweight and convenient automation tool for managing multiple Docker services.

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🛠 Installation

1. Install Rust toolchain https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
2. Run cargo install dock_sprout

Homebrew

brew install Thompson-Jason/tap/dock_sprout

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/Thompson-Jason/DockSprout.git
cd DockSprout
cargo build --release

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Usage

Basic Usage

sprout <root-directory> <docker-compose-direction>

Options

• --concurrent : Run all docker compose commands in parallel (faster for many projects)
• --verbose : Output docker compose logs to stdout/stderr

Examples

Bring up all containers, sequentially:

sprout ~/my-docker-projects up

Bring up all containers concurrently:

sprout --concurrent ~/my-docker-projects up

Bring up all containers and show all output:

sprout --verbose ~/my-docker-projects up

Bring down all containers concurrently and show output:

sprout --concurrent --verbose ~/my-docker-projects down

─── my-docker-projects
    ├── LubeLogger/
    │   └── docker-compose.yml
    ├── ntfy/
    │   └── docker-compose.yaml
    ├── Portainer/
    │    ├── docker-compose.yaml
    │    └──.conf
    └── .sprout-ignore

This will bring up all three containers separately allowing for the esability of one command to bring all of your containers up and none of the downsides of a mono compose file.