# Lazydocker

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazydocker/

10 people recommended Lazydocker in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free terminal UI for managing Docker containers, images and volumes with a lightweight, easy overview; people often pair it with lazygit.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Lightweight, beautiful terminal interface (3 comments in the sample): "lazydocker makes sense more sense as a light terminal based program" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004662)) "a lightweight, beautiful TUI providing the little overview I need" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157802)) "Lazydocker works fine as a TUI if you crave a UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48029199))
- Easy overview of containers and images (1 comment in the sample): "managing containers, images, volumes easily" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47606484))
- Pairs well with lazygit (1 comment in the sample): "lazygit + lazydocker is really nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576689))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Lazydocker", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lazydocker/ (10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.