DockMon
A comprehensive Docker container monitoring and management platform with real-time monitoring, intelligent auto-restart, multi-channel alerting, and complete event logging.
Key Features
- Multi-Host Monitoring - Monitor containers across unlimited Docker hosts (local and remote)
- Real-Time Statistics - Live CPU, memory, network, and disk I/O metrics for hosts and containers
- Real-Time Container Logs - View logs from multiple containers simultaneously with live updates
- Event Viewer - Comprehensive audit trail with filtering, search, and real-time updates
- Intelligent Auto-Restart - Per-container auto-restart with configurable retry logic
- Advanced Alerting - Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, Gotify, SMTP with customizable templates
- Real-Time Dashboard - Drag-and-drop customizable widgets with WebSocket updates
- Secure by Design - Session-based auth, rate limiting, mTLS for remote hosts
- Mobile-Friendly - Responsive design that works seamlessly on all devices
Documentation
- Complete User Guide - Full documentation
- Quick Start - Get started in 5 minutes
- Installation - Docker, unRAID, Synology, QNAP
- Configuration - Alerts, notifications, settings
- Security - Best practices and mTLS setup
- Remote Monitoring - Monitor remote Docker hosts
- Event Viewer - Comprehensive audit trail with filtering
- Container Logs - Real-time multi-container log viewer
- API Reference - REST and WebSocket APIs
- FAQ - Frequently asked questions
- Troubleshooting - Common issues
Use Cases
Home Lab
- Monitor all your Docker containers in one place
- Get notified when critical services go down
- Automatically restart failed containers
- Track container events and changes
Small Business
- Centralized monitoring across multiple servers
- Multi-channel alerting (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Pushover, Gotify, SMTP)
- Schedule maintenance windows with blackout periods
- Audit trail of all container operations
Development Teams
- Monitor dev, staging, and production environments
- Quick container management (start, stop, restart, logs)
- Test notifications before deploying to production
- Share monitoring dashboard with team
Support & Community
- Report Issues - Found a bug?
- Discussions - Ask questions, share ideas
- Wiki - Complete documentation
- Star on GitHub - Show your support!
Roadmap
Completed (v1.0)
- Full backend API with FastAPI
- WebSocket real-time updates
- Multi-channel notifications
- Comprehensive event logging
- Event log viewer with filtering and search
- Real-time container logs viewer (multi-container support)
- Drag-and-drop dashboard
- Auto-restart with retry logic
Completed (v1.1)
- Real-time performance metrics (CPU, memory, network, disk I/O)
- Host-level and container-level statistics
- TLS/mTLS support for secure remote Docker connections
- Optimized streaming architecture with Go backend
Planned (v1.5+)
- Performance metrics dashboard with historical graphs
- Container auto-update feature with version tracking
- Configuration export/import
- Automatic Proxmox LXC installation script
See the full roadmap for details.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:
- Report bugs via GitHub Issues
- Suggest features in Discussions
- Improve documentation (edit the Wiki)
- Submit pull requests (see Contributing Guide)
Development
Want to contribute code or run DockMon in development mode?
See Development Setup for:
- Local development environment setup
- Architecture overview
- Running tests
- Building from source
License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
Author
Created by darthnorse
Acknowledgments
This project has been developed with vibe coding and AI assistance using Claude Code. The codebase includes clean, well-documented code with proper error handling, comprehensive testing considerations, modern async/await patterns, robust database design, and production-ready deployment configurations.
If DockMon helps you, please consider giving it a star!