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Docker Run to Docker Compose Converter

Paste a docker run command and convert its supported flags into a docker-compose.yml service definition.

Paste a docker run command below - this tool parses its common flags and generates the equivalent docker-compose.yml service definition.

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Any flags this tool doesn't recognize are listed separately, so nothing is silently dropped without you knowing.

Why Convert docker run to Compose?

A long docker run command with many flags is hard to read, version-control, and reuse - a docker-compose.yml service definition captures the same configuration in a structured, shareable file.

How to Use It

Paste your full docker run command.
Click Convert.
Review the generated service definition, plus a list of any flags this tool didn't recognize.

Understanding the Result

Supported flags map directly to their Compose equivalents: --name becomes the service key, -p/--publish becomes ports, -v/--volume becomes volumes, -e/--env becomes environment, and --restart, --network, and --hostname map to their like-named Compose keys.

Limitations

Highly complex or unusual docker run invocations (uncommon flags, shell expansion, multi-line commands with unusual escaping) may not parse perfectly - review the generated YAML before relying on it.

Frequently Asked Questions

The common ones: --name, -p ports, -v volumes, -e environment variables, --restart, --network, --hostname and the image with its command. Unsupported flags should be added to the service by hand.

No. It is only parsed as text in your browser and converted into YAML.

A Compose file documents the whole setup in version control, is easy to share, and can start several related containers with one command.