Whaler
The premium Open Source alternative to Dive
🎯 Best for:Developers needing to understand or rebuild legacy Docker images without source code.
What is Whaler?
Replaces manual inspection of Docker image layers to recover build instructions. Extracts commands and metadata from existing images to generate a functional Dockerfile.
Tech Stack
GoDevOps & CI/CD
Why Whaler?
- • Recovers lost build logic
- • Identifies bloated image layers
- • No Docker daemon required
Limitations
- • Cannot recover multi-stage context
- • Output may require manual fixing
- • Limited to exported image layers
2/27/2026
Last Update
101
Forks
5
Issues
GPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Dive)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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