--- title: "search" description: "The search command description and usage" keywords: "search, hub, images" --- # search ```markdown Usage: docker search [OPTIONS] TERM Search the Docker Hub for images Options: -f, --filter value Filter output based on conditions provided (default []) - is-automated=(true|false) - is-official=(true|false) - stars= - image has at least 'number' stars --format string Pretty-print images using a Go template --help Print usage --limit int Max number of search results (default 25) --no-trunc Don't truncate output ``` ## Description Search [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com) for images ## Examples ### Search images by name This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox': ```console $ docker search busybox NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED busybox Busybox base image. 316 [OK] progrium/busybox 50 [OK] radial/busyboxplus Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made... 8 [OK] odise/busybox-python 2 [OK] azukiapp/busybox This image is meant to be used as the base... 2 [OK] ofayau/busybox-jvm Prepare busybox to install a 32 bits JVM. 1 [OK] shingonoide/archlinux-busybox Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Lin... 1 [OK] odise/busybox-curl 1 [OK] ofayau/busybox-libc32 Busybox with 32 bits (and 64 bits) libs 1 [OK] peelsky/zulu-openjdk-busybox 1 [OK] skomma/busybox-data Docker image suitable for data volume cont... 1 [OK] elektritter/busybox-teamspeak Lightweight teamspeak3 container based on... 1 [OK] socketplane/busybox 1 [OK] oveits/docker-nginx-busybox This is a tiny NginX docker image based on... 0 [OK] ggtools/busybox-ubuntu Busybox ubuntu version with extra goodies 0 [OK] nikfoundas/busybox-confd Minimal busybox based distribution of confd 0 [OK] openshift/busybox-http-app 0 [OK] jllopis/busybox 0 [OK] swyckoff/busybox 0 [OK] powellquiring/busybox 0 [OK] williamyeh/busybox-sh Docker image for BusyBox's sh 0 [OK] simplexsys/busybox-cli-powered Docker busybox images, with a few often us... 0 [OK] fhisamoto/busybox-java Busybox java 0 [OK] scottabernethy/busybox 0 [OK] marclop/busybox-solr ``` ### Display non-truncated description (--no-trunc) This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox', at least 3 stars and the description isn't truncated in the output: ```console $ docker search --filter=stars=3 --no-trunc busybox NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED busybox Busybox base image. 325 [OK] progrium/busybox 50 [OK] radial/busyboxplus Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made from scratch. Comes in git and cURL flavors. 8 [OK] ``` ### Limit search results (--limit) The flag `--limit` is the maximum number of results returned by a search. This value could be in the range between 1 and 100. The default value of `--limit` is 25. ### Filtering The filtering flag (`-f` or `--filter`) format is a `key=value` pair. If there is more than one filter, then pass multiple flags (e.g. `--filter is-automated=true --filter stars=3`) The currently supported filters are: - stars (int - number of stars the image has) - is-automated (boolean - true or false) - is the image automated or not - is-official (boolean - true or false) - is the image official or not #### stars This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox' and at least 3 stars: ```console $ docker search --filter stars=3 busybox NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED busybox Busybox base image. 325 [OK] progrium/busybox 50 [OK] radial/busyboxplus Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made... 8 [OK] ``` #### is-automated This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox' and are automated builds: ```console $ docker search --filter is-automated=true busybox NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED progrium/busybox 50 [OK] radial/busyboxplus Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made... 8 [OK] ``` #### is-official This example displays images with a name containing 'busybox', at least 3 stars and are official builds: ```console $ docker search --filter is-official=true --filter stars=3 busybox NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED progrium/busybox 50 [OK] radial/busyboxplus Full-chain, Internet enabled, busybox made... 8 [OK] ``` ### Format the output The formatting option (`--format`) pretty-prints search output using a Go template. Valid placeholders for the Go template are: | Placeholder | Description | | -------------- | --------------------------------- | | `.Name` | Image Name | | `.Description` | Image description | | `.StarCount` | Number of stars for the image | | `.IsOfficial` | "OK" if image is official | | `.IsAutomated` | "OK" if image build was automated | When you use the `--format` option, the `search` command will output the data exactly as the template declares. If you use the `table` directive, column headers are included as well. The following example uses a template without headers and outputs the `Name` and `StarCount` entries separated by a colon (`:`) for all images: ```console $ docker search --format "{{.Name}}: {{.StarCount}}" nginx nginx: 5441 jwilder/nginx-proxy: 953 richarvey/nginx-php-fpm: 353 million12/nginx-php: 75 webdevops/php-nginx: 70 h3nrik/nginx-ldap: 35 bitnami/nginx: 23 evild/alpine-nginx: 14 million12/nginx: 9 maxexcloo/nginx: 7 ``` This example outputs a table format: ```console $ docker search --format "table {{.Name}}\t{{.IsAutomated}}\t{{.IsOfficial}}" nginx NAME AUTOMATED OFFICIAL nginx [OK] jwilder/nginx-proxy [OK] richarvey/nginx-php-fpm [OK] jrcs/letsencrypt-nginx-proxy-companion [OK] million12/nginx-php [OK] webdevops/php-nginx [OK] ```