Description

Run Emacs in docker containers!

Images

OS	Tag	Size (MB)	Inherits from	Contents
debian	$version	450		Emacs, curl, gnupg & imagemagick
debian	$version-dev	1400	$version	All build dependencies & source in /opt/emacs
debian	$version-ci	480	$version	git & make
debian	$version-ci-cask	520	$version-ci	Cask & Python
debian	$version-ci-eldev	480	$version-ci	eldev
debian	$version-ci-keg	480	$version-ci	keg
alpine	$version-alpine	220		Emacs, curl, gnupg & imagemagick
alpine	$version-alpine-dev	1200	$version-alpine	All build dependencies & source in /opt/emacs
alpine	$version-alpine-ci	240	$version-alpine	git & make
alpine	$version-alpine-ci-cask	280	$version-alpine-ci	Cask & Python
alpine	$version-alpine-ci-eldev	240	$version-alpine-ci	eldev
alpine	$version-alpine-ci-keg	240	$version-alpine-ci	keg

Tags

• master
• master-dev
• master-ci
• master-ci-cask
• master-ci-eldev
• master-ci-keg
• master-alpine
• master-alpine-dev
• master-alpine-ci
• master-alpine-ci-cask
• master-alpine-ci-eldev
• master-alpine-ci-keg
• 27.2, 27, latest
• 27.2-dev, 27-dev, dev
• 27.2-ci, 27-ci, ci
• 27.2-ci-cask, 27-ci-cask, cask
• 27.2-ci-eldev, 27-ci-eldev, eldev
• 27.2-ci-keg, 27-ci-keg, keg
• 27.2-alpine, 27-alpine, alpine
• 27.2-alpine-dev, 27-alpine-dev, alpine-dev
• 27.2-alpine-ci, 27-alpine-ci, alpine-ci
• 27.2-alpine-ci-cask, 27-alpine-ci-cask, alpine-ci-cask
• 27.2-alpine-ci-eldev, 27-alpine-ci-eldev, alpine-ci-eldev
• 27.2-alpine-ci-keg, 27-alpine-ci-keg, alpine-ci-keg
• 26.3, 26
• 26.3-dev, 26-dev
• 26.3-ci, 26-ci
• 26.3-ci-cask, 26-ci-cask
• 26.3-ci-eldev, 26-ci-eldev
• 26.3-ci-keg, 26-ci-keg
• 26.3-alpine, 26-alpine
• 26.3-alpine-dev, 26-alpine-dev
• 26.3-alpine-ci, 26-alpine-ci
• 26.3-alpine-ci-cask, 26-alpine-ci-cask
• 26.3-alpine-ci-eldev, 26-alpine-ci-eldev
• 26.3-alpine-ci-keg, 26-alpine-ci-keg
• 25.3, 25
• 25.3-dev, 25-dev
• 25.3-ci, 25-ci
• 25.3-ci-cask, 25-ci-cask
• 25.3-ci-eldev, 25-ci-eldev
• 25.3-ci-keg, 25-ci-keg
• 25.3-alpine, 25-alpine
• 25.3-alpine-dev, 25-alpine-dev
• 25.3-alpine-ci
• 25.3-alpine-ci-cask
• 25.3-alpine-ci-eldev
• 25.3-alpine-ci-keg
• 24.5, 24
• 24.5-dev, 24-dev
• 24.5-ci, 24-ci
• 24.5-ci-eldev, 24-ci-eldev
• 24.5-ci-keg, 24-ci-keg
• 23.4, 23
• 23.4-dev, 23-dev
• 23.4-ci, 23-ci

Usage

Console

docker run -it --rm silex/emacs

GUI

xhost +local:root # WARN: this comes with security issues
docker run -it --rm -e DISPLAY -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix silex/emacs

Alternatives

• flycheck/emacs-cask: collection of docker images containing a minimal Emacs compiled from source with Cask.
• flycheck/emacs-travis: makefile which provides targets to install Emacs stable and emacs-snapshot, Texinfo and Cask.
• jgkamat/airy-docker-emacs: alpine-based docker images that have Emacs installed through the package manager.
• JAremko/docker-emacs: collection of docker images with focus on GUI usage.
• rejeep/evm: pre-built Emacs binaries.

Contributions

They are very welcome! The basic workflow is as follow:

• Modify images.yml.
• Modify files inside the /templates directory.
• Run bin/generate to spread the changes everywhere.

Thanks

• https://www.packet.com for the ARM servers allowing multiarch images.