laptou / Docker-GUI-Example

An example of how run GUI apps with Docker.

GUI Apps in Docker

An example of how to run GUI apps in Docker using X forwarding.

What you need to know

• To try it, clone and run bin/demo xeyes (Requires Docker and you must be using Xorg display server).
• The relevant files for understanding how X forwarding is achieved are Dockerfile, entrypoint.sh, and bin/demo.
• The .tasks folder is used for a build and release pipeline with Travis CI. Ignore this folder unless you want to learn about creating CI/CD pipelines with Docker.

Known Limitation

Your working directory must be inside the host user's home directory. Running outside in a directory higher than that will result in failure.