docker search

DescriptionSearch Docker Hub for images
Usagedocker search [OPTIONS] TERM

Description

Search Docker Hub for images

Options

OptionDefaultDescription
-f, --filterFilter output based on conditions provided
--formatPretty-print search using a Go template
--limitMax number of search results
--no-truncDon't truncate output

Examples

Search images by name

This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox':

$ docker search busybox  NAME                             DESCRIPTION                                     STARS     OFFICIAL busybox                          Busybox base image.                             316       [OK] progrium/busybox                                                                 50 radial/busyboxplus               Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made...   8 odise/busybox-python                                                             2 azukiapp/busybox                 This image is meant to be used as the base...   2 ofayau/busybox-jvm               Prepare busybox to install a 32 bits JVM.       1 shingonoide/archlinux-busybox    Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Lin...   1 odise/busybox-curl                                                               1 ofayau/busybox-libc32            Busybox with 32 bits (and 64 bits) libs         1 peelsky/zulu-openjdk-busybox                                                     1 skomma/busybox-data              Docker image suitable for data volume cont...   1 elektritter/busybox-teamspeak    Lightweight teamspeak3 container based on...    1 socketplane/busybox                                                              1 oveits/docker-nginx-busybox      This is a tiny NginX docker image based on...   0 ggtools/busybox-ubuntu           Busybox ubuntu version with extra goodies       0 nikfoundas/busybox-confd         Minimal busybox based distribution of confd     0 openshift/busybox-http-app                                                       0 jllopis/busybox                                                                  0 swyckoff/busybox                                                                 0 powellquiring/busybox                                                            0 williamyeh/busybox-sh            Docker image for BusyBox's sh                   0 simplexsys/busybox-cli-powered   Docker busybox images, with a few often us...   0 fhisamoto/busybox-java           Busybox java                                    0 scottabernethy/busybox                                                           0 marclop/busybox-solr 

Display non-truncated description (--no-trunc)

This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox', at least 3 stars and the description isn't truncated in the output:

$ docker search --filter=stars=3 --no-trunc busybox  NAME                 DESCRIPTION                                                                               STARS     OFFICIAL busybox              Busybox base image.                                                                       325       [OK] progrium/busybox                                                                                               50 radial/busyboxplus   Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made from scratch. Comes in git and cURL flavors.   8 

Limit search results (--limit)

The flag --limit is the maximum number of results returned by a search. If no value is set, the default is set by the daemon.

Filtering (--filter)

The filtering flag (-f or --filter) format is a key=value pair. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g. --filter is-official=true --filter stars=3).

The currently supported filters are:

  • stars (int - number of stars the image has)
  • is-automated (boolean - true or false) - is the image automated or not (deprecated)
  • is-official (boolean - true or false) - is the image official or not

stars

This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox' and at least 3 stars:

$ docker search --filter stars=3 busybox  NAME                 DESCRIPTION                                     STARS     OFFICIAL busybox              Busybox base image.                             325       [OK] progrium/busybox                                                     50 radial/busyboxplus   Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made...   8 

is-official

This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox', at least 3 stars and are official builds:

$ docker search --filter is-official=true --filter stars=3 busybox  NAME      DESCRIPTION           STARS     OFFICIAL busybox   Busybox base image.   325       [OK] 

Format the output (--format)

The formatting option (--format) pretty-prints search output using a Go template.

Valid placeholders for the Go template are:

PlaceholderDescription
.NameImage Name
.DescriptionImage description
.StarCountNumber of stars for the image
.IsOfficial"OK" if image is official

When you use the --format option, the search command will output the data exactly as the template declares. If you use the table directive, column headers are included as well.

The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the Name and StarCount entries separated by a colon (:) for all images:

$ docker search --format "{{.Name}}: {{.StarCount}}" nginx  nginx: 5441 jwilder/nginx-proxy: 953 richarvey/nginx-php-fpm: 353 million12/nginx-php: 75 webdevops/php-nginx: 70 h3nrik/nginx-ldap: 35 bitnami/nginx: 23 evild/alpine-nginx: 14 million12/nginx: 9 maxexcloo/nginx: 7 

This example outputs a table format:

$ docker search --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.IsOfficial}}" nginx  NAME                                     OFFICIAL nginx                                    [OK] jwilder/nginx-proxy richarvey/nginx-php-fpm jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion million12/nginx-php webdevops/php-nginx