| title | Docker |
|---|---|
| nav_order | 17 |
| permalink | /docker/ |
Build a local Gitcrawl image from the repository when a container is more convenient than a native binary.
docker build -t gitcrawl .The multi-stage build compiles a static Linux binary with the Go version pinned by the Dockerfile, then copies it into an unprivileged Alpine runtime image.
Mount /data to keep configuration, SQLite data, caches, vectors, and logs between containers:
docker run --rm \
-e GITHUB_TOKEN \
-v "$PWD/.gitcrawl:/data" \
gitcrawl sync owner/repo
docker run --rm \
-v "$PWD/.gitcrawl:/data" \
gitcrawl search issues "hot loop" -R owner/repoPass OPENAI_API_KEY with -e when the command generates summaries or embeddings. Gitcrawl runs as the non-root gitcrawl user with UID 10001, so the mounted directory must be writable by that user.
The image maps the XDG directories into /data:
| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
/data/config |
config.toml |
/data/data |
SQLite database and vectors |
/data/cache |
Runtime caches |
/data/state |
Logs and state files |
The repository publishes native release archives and a Homebrew formula. The Dockerfile is a source-build path; this project does not document a prebuilt container registry image.