/Docker-FileManagers-GUI

Docker images with different GNU/Linux desktop file managers (Nautilus, Thunar, Dolphin) - accessible through web browser or VNC

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File Managers apps - Docker images

Docker images for multiple GNU/Linux file managers apps, using the jlesage/docker-baseimage-gui image. Once deployed, each app can be accessed through a modern web browser or a VNC client. This image is only available for linux/amd64.

These images are experimental and might have undesirable effects. Use it under your responsability!

Getting started

Available file browsers apps are: nautilus, thunar, dolphin.

# Which file browser app to use
FILEBROWSER="nautilus"

docker run -d --name=$FILEBROWSER -p 5800:5800 -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro ghcr.io/david-lor/$FILEBROWSER-gui:latest

Building

The following commands locally build and deploy a container of a certain file browser included in this repository:

# git clone...

# Which file browser app to use
FILEBROWSER="nautilus"

# Which tag version to use for building ("debian-10" recommended); One of: https://github.com/jlesage/docker-baseimage-gui#images
BUILD_TAG="debian-10"

docker build --build-arg IMAGE_TAG=$BUILD_TAG -t local/$FILEBROWSER ./$FILEBROWSER
docker run -d --name=$FILEBROWSER -p 5800:5800 -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro local/$FILEBROWSER

Changelog

  • 0.0.1
    • Initial Nautilus image
    • Initial Thunar image
    • Initial Dolphin image