drydock.codeswhat.comOuroboros vs Drydock
Ouroboros was a popular Python-based container updater, but it has been unmaintained since around 2020. Drydock offers a modern, actively maintained alternative with a full web UI, security scanning, and comprehensive container management.
Feature Comparison
A side-by-side look at what each tool offers.
| Feature | Ouroboros | Drydock |
|---|---|---|
| Project status | Unmaintained (since ~2020) | Actively maintained |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| Web UI | None (CLI only) | Full dashboard |
| Auto-update containers | Yes | Yes (optional, monitor-first) |
| Docker Compose updates | No | Yes, pull & recreate |
| Registry support | Docker Hub + private via Docker config | 23 dedicated registry integrations |
| Notifications | ~6 services | 20 native trigger integrations |
| Security scanning | None | Trivy + SBOM + cosign verification |
| OIDC authentication | None | Authelia, Auth0, Authentik |
| REST API | None | Full REST API |
| Prometheus metrics | Basic | Full /metrics endpoint + Grafana template |
| Image backup & rollback | No | Pre-update backup with retention + auto rollback |
| Container grouping | No | Smart stack detection with batch actions |
| Lifecycle hooks | No | Pre/post-update shell commands |
| Webhook API | No | Token-authenticated webhooks for CI/CD |
| Container actions | No | Start/stop/restart from UI/API |
| Distributed agents | No | SSE-based agent architecture |
| Audit log | No | Yes, with REST API |
| Semver-aware updates | No | Yes |
| Digest watching | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-arch (amd64/arm64) | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
Key Differentiators
Where Drydock goes beyond what Ouroboros offers.
Full Web Dashboard
Ouroboros is CLI-only with no built-in UI. Drydock ships with a full web dashboard for browsing containers, viewing update status, triggering actions, and inspecting logs.
Monitor-First Design
Ouroboros auto-pulls and restarts containers with no preview option. Drydock is monitor-first by design — it detects updates and notifies you, with dry-run preview before any changes.
Security Scanning
Drydock integrates Trivy vulnerability scanning, SBOM generation (CycloneDX & SPDX), and cosign image signature verification. Ouroboros has no security scanning.
23 Registry Integrations
Dedicated integrations for Docker Hub, GHCR, ECR, GCR, GAR, GitLab, Quay, Harbor, Artifactory, Nexus, and more — far beyond Ouroboros's Docker-config-based approach.
Rollback & Backup
Pre-update image backups with configurable retention and automatic rollback on health check failure. Ouroboros has no rollback or backup mechanism.
20 Notification Services
Slack, Discord, Telegram, Teams, Matrix, SMTP, MQTT, HTTP webhooks, Gotify, NTFY, and more — compared to Ouroboros's ~6 notification options.
Coming from Ouroboros?
Ouroboros hasn't been updated in years. Drydock gives you the same auto-update capability plus a full dashboard, security scanning, rollback, and much more. One Docker command to get started.
$ docker run -d \
--name drydock \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-p 3000:3000 \
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Open source, AGPL-3.0 licensed, and actively maintained.