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docker/compose

This system is a modernized CLI tool for managing containerized applications using Compose files. It provides commands to build, run, and manage services, with new capabilities for file synchronization, remote Git/OCI resource references, and configuration transformation into Kubernetes or Helm charts. The system integrates with Docker Desktop for enhanced logging and proxying, supports interactive terminal navigation, and implements OpenTelemetry tracing for observability.

73.2

Strong · 29 July 2026

31k

lines of production code

Go

primary language

6

bus factor · 685 authors in all

3

measurements over time

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How it got here

2019–2021 · Compose CLI and API modernization

This period focused on modernizing the codebase by upgrading to Go 1.26, migrating dependencies, and refactoring the API and CLI interfaces. Significant features were added, including the `compose bridge` command for Kubernetes/Helm generation and interactive terminal navigation, alongside the removal of legacy progress and mock implementations.

15 changes

2022–2023 · Observability and remote resource support

This period focused on adding OpenTelemetry-based tracing to the CLI and introducing support for remote Git and OCI Compose resources. The team also implemented cross-platform process locking and updated end-to-end tests to reflect new build ordering and file watching capabilities.

9 changes

2024–2025 · Docker Desktop integration and bridge conversion

This period focused on deepening Docker Desktop integration by routing OCI and registry traffic through its HTTP proxy, while introducing a new 'bridge' command to transform Compose files into other formats. The work also included internal refactoring, such as adding path utilities and a dry-run client, alongside comprehensive end-to-end testing for publish and OCI workflows.

11 changes

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 29 July 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit 1c7930e91a — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.18. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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