🧹 Docker Volume Cleaner
Docker Volume Cleaner is a lightweight Python tool that helps you identify and remove unused anonymous Docker volumes — including symlinks and their targets 🗑️
Keep your Docker environment tidy, automated, and efficient 🚀
⚙️ Features
- Detects all anonymous Docker volumes (64-character hashes)
- Skips whitelisted volumes
- Skips bootstrap mounts (
/var/www/bootstrap) - Cleans up symlinks and their target directories
- Optional confirmation prompt via
--no-confirmation - Pure Python — no dependencies
📦 Installation
Install it using Kevin’s Package Manager with the alias:
pkgmgr install dockreap
dockreapis the alias for this tool withinpkgmgr.
Repository: github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/docker-volume-cleaner
🧪 How to Use
# Basic usage with confirmation prompt
dockreap
# Skip confirmation
dockreap --no-confirmation
# Skip specific volumes by adding them to the whitelist
dockreap "volumeid1 volumeid2"
# Skip confirmation + whitelist
dockreap "volumeid1 volumeid2" --no-confirmation
📝 Notes:
- Only volumes with 64-character hash names (anonymous volumes) are considered.
- Volumes mounted at
/var/www/bootstrapare automatically excluded. - If a volume directory is a symlink, both the symlink and its target are removed.
📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
🤖 Built with ChatGPT
Developed with the help of ChatGPT 🤝
👤 Author
Kevin Veen-Birkenbach
🌍 https://www.veen.world/