Description

Run Emacs in docker containers!

This project provides different docker images:

• The main images (~500MB) only contain the runtime dependencies for Emacs to run.
• The -dev variants (~1400MB) also contain the build dependencies, the Emacs source (in /opt/emacs), and additional tools such as Cask, git and Python.
• The -alpine variants (~200MB) follow the same logic as the main images but are based on Alpine Linux.

Tags

• master
• master-dev
• master-alpine
• master-alpine-dev
• 27.1, 27, latest
• 27.1-dev, 27-dev, dev
• 27.1-alpine, 27-alpine, alpine
• 27.1-alpine-dev, 27-alpine-dev, alpine-dev
• 26.3, 26
• 26.3-dev, 26-dev
• 26.3-alpine, 26-alpine
• 26.3-alpine-dev, 26-alpine-dev
• 26.2
• 26.2-dev
• 26.2-alpine
• 26.2-alpine-dev
• 26.1
• 26.1-dev
• 26.1-alpine
• 26.1-alpine-dev
• 25.3, 25
• 25.3-dev, 25-dev
• 25.3-alpine, 25-alpine
• 25.3-alpine-dev, 25-alpine-dev
• 25.2
• 25.2-dev
• 25.2-alpine
• 25.2-alpine-dev
• 25.1
• 25.1-dev
• 24.5, 24
• 24.5-dev, 24-dev
• 24.4
• 24.4-dev
• 24.3
• 24.3-dev
• 24.2
• 24.2-dev
• 24.1
• 24.1-dev
• 23.4, 23
• 23.4-dev, 23-dev

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.