Docker Python
Python library for interacting with Docker Engine API.
Used in agent projects
21
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in sdks for hosted services
#40 of 44
by use in those projects
Downloads
31.9M
PyPI, last 7 days, docker
GitHub stars
7,217
last push Sep 22, 2026
How Docker Python is used
Docker Python is a dependency in 21 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #40 of 44 in sdks for hosted services. The most used alternative there is Supabase JS. Projects that use it most often also use Pydantic (76.2%), Uvicorn (71.4%), Requests (66.7%).
Often used with Docker Python
| Pydantic | 76.2% of Docker Python projects · 14.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Uvicorn | 71.4% of Docker Python projects · 16.7× more than average |
| Requests | 66.7% of Docker Python projects · 12.5× more than average |
| FastAPI | 66.7% of Docker Python projects · 15.8× more than average |
| psutil | 57.1% of Docker Python projects · 50.4× more than average |
| cryptography | 52.4% of Docker Python projects · 31.2× more than average |
| PyYAML | 52.4% of Docker Python projects · 17.3× more than average |
| NumPy | 47.6% of Docker Python projects · 12.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Docker Python as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install docker |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (20), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | Josh-XT/AGiXT, microsoft/edge-ai, Sunanang/FNMessageBots, mdlmarkham/TailOpsMCP, CatchNip/mcp-selenium-grid |
Alternatives to Docker Python
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase JS npm Isomorphic JavaScript SDK for Supabase backend-as-a-service. |
927 (7.3%) | 30.5M | 4,574 | MIT |
| Supabase SSR npm Supabase client library optimized for server-side rendering frameworks. |
332 (2.6%) | 8.1M | 210 | MIT |
| Resend npm Node.js SDK for Resend email API to send transactional emails. |
235 (1.9%) | 12.9M | 964 | MIT |
| Firebase npm Google's platform SDK for realtime database, auth, hosting and serverless functions. |
224 (1.8%) | 10.6M | 5,149 | Apache-2.0 |
| AWS SDK for JavaScript (S3) npm Official AWS SDK for uploading, downloading and managing S3 objects. |
200 (1.6%) | 49.4M | 3,673 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stripe npm Official SDK for integrating Stripe payments and billing into applications. |
197 (1.6%) | 23.5M | 4,523 | MIT |
| EmailJS npm Official browser SDK for sending emails directly from client-side JavaScript without a backend. |
189 (1.5%) | 122K | 143 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Supabase CLI npm Command-line tool for managing Supabase projects and databases locally. |
131 (1.0%) | 5.6M | 2,430 | MIT |