Docker Hub

Mode: 🌐 Public · Domain: hub.docker.com

Search and inspect public Docker Hub repositories without auth or browser. Two commands cover discovery and per-repository metadata.

Commands

Command	Description
opencli dockerhub search <query>	Search Docker Hub repositories by keyword
opencli dockerhub image <name>	Repository metadata (stars, pulls, last updated, status)

Usage Examples

# Search repositories
opencli dockerhub search nginx --limit 10
opencli dockerhub search "bitnami redis" --limit 5

# Single repository metadata (use `image` from search rows)
opencli dockerhub image nginx              # implicit `library/nginx`
opencli dockerhub image library/nginx
opencli dockerhub image bitnami/redis

# JSON output
opencli dockerhub search nginx -f json
opencli dockerhub image nginx -f json

Output Columns

Command	Columns
search	rank, image, official, stars, pulls, description, url
image	image, official, stars, pulls, description, lastUpdated, lastModified, registered, status, url

The image column from search round-trips into image exactly. Bare repository names (e.g. nginx) resolve to the implicit library owner that Docker Hub uses for official images.

Options

dockerhub search

Option	Description
query (positional)	Search keyword
--limit	Max repositories (1-100, default: 25)

dockerhub image

Option	Description
image (positional)	Repository slug (nginx, library/nginx, bitnami/redis)

Caveats

• Image slugs are validated upfront against Docker Hub's [a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]* pattern (2-255 chars). Bad input raises ArgumentError.
• Anonymous traffic is throttled. HTTP 429 surfaces as a typed CommandExecutionError with a retry hint.
• Timestamp columns (lastUpdated, lastModified, registered) are normalized to second-precision YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

Prerequisites

• No browser required — uses hub.docker.com/v2/search/repositories/ and hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/<owner>/<name>/.