If you want to search for a specific Docker image on Docker Hub there is a way to do this from the CLI. The docker search command will allow you to search Docker Hub from the CLI. It will search for all repos containing a certain string in the NAME field.
Prerequisites
- Docker
- sudo privileges
Searching Docker Hub repos from CLI
The following command will list all repositories that include the string alpine in the name with all their information.
sudo docker search alpine
Output:
NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED
alpine A minimal Docker image based on Alpine Linux… 7782 [OK]
mhart/alpine-node Minimal Node.js built on Alpine Linux 483
anapsix/alpine-java Oracle Java 8 (and 7) with GLIBC 2.28 over A… 472 [OK]
frolvlad/alpine-glibc Alpine Docker image with glibc (~12MB) 267 [OK]
alpine/git A simple git container running in alpine li… 189 [OK]
yobasystems/alpine-mariadb MariaDB running on Alpine Linux [docker] [am… 95 [OK]
alpine/socat Run socat command in alpine container 75 [OK]
kiasaki/alpine-postgres PostgreSQL docker image based on Alpine Linux 44 [OK]
jfloff/alpine-python A small, more complete, Python Docker image … 41 [OK]
zenika/alpine-chrome Chrome running in headless mode in a tiny Al… 34 [OK]
byrnedo/alpine-curl Alpine linux with curl installed and set as … 34 [OK]
hermsi/alpine-sshd Dockerize your OpenSSH-server with rsync and… 34 [OK]
...
NAME:The repository name.
Searching only official Docker Hub repos from CLI
From the example above we can notice how some repositories are official and some are not. We can use --filter "is-official=true" to display only official repos.
sudo docker search alpine --filter "is-official=true"
Output:
NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED
alpine A minimal Docker image based on Alpine Linux… 7782 [OK]
Searching only automated Docker Hub repos from the CLI
If you need to filter only repos with automated builds, run:
sudo docker search alpine --filter "is-automated=true"
Output:
NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED
anapsix/alpine-java Oracle Java 8 (and 7) with GLIBC 2.28 over A… 472 [OK]
frolvlad/alpine-glibc Alpine Docker image with glibc (~12MB) 267 [OK]
alpine/git A simple git container running in alpine li… 189 [OK]
yobasystems/alpine-mariadb MariaDB running on Alpine Linux [docker] [am… 95 [OK]
alpine/socat Run socat command in alpine container 75 [OK]
kiasaki/alpine-postgres PostgreSQL docker image based on Alpine Linux 44 [OK]
jfloff/alpine-python A small, more complete, Python Docker image … 41 [OK]
hermsi/alpine-sshd Dockerize your OpenSSH-server with rsync and… 34 [OK]
byrnedo/alpine-curl Alpine linux with curl installed and set as … 34 [OK]
zenika/alpine-chrome Chrome running in headless mode in a tiny Al… 34 [OK]
hermsi/alpine-fpm-php FPM-PHP 7.0 to 8.0, shipped along with tons … 25 [OK]
etopian/alpine-php-wordpress Alpine WordPress Nginx PHP-FPM WP-CLI 25 [OK]
bashell/alpine-bash Alpine Linux with /bin/bash as a default she… 18 [OK]
roribio16/alpine-sqs Dockerized ElasticMQ server + web UI over Al… 15 [OK]
davidcaste/alpine-java-unlimited-jce Oracle Java 8 (and 7) with GLIBC 2.21 over A… 13 [OK]
spotify/alpine Alpine image with `bash` and `curl`. 11 [OK]
cfmanteiga/alpine-bash-curl-jq Docker Alpine image with Bash, curl and jq p… 6 [OK]
hermsi/alpine-varnish Dockerize Varnish upon a lightweight alpine-… 3 [OK]
goodguykoi/alpine-curl-internal simple alpine image with curl installed no C… 1 [OK]
dwdraju/alpine-curl-jq Alpine Docker Image with curl, jq, bash 1 [OK]
bushrangers/alpine-caddy Alpine Linux Docker Container running Caddys… 1 [OK]
smartentry/alpine alpine with smartentry 0 [OK]
Conclusion
Using docker search command sometimes can help you to get a quick list of the Docker image repos instead of visiting Docker Hub web page. Feel free to leave a comment below and if you find this tutorial useful, follow our official channel on Telegram.