Run whodb rootless and distroless.

WhoDB created by lidey is a lightweight (<50MB), powerful, and user-friendly database management tool designed to streamline your database administration tasks. Combining the simplicity of Adminer with enhanced UX and performance, WhoDB is built with GoLang to deliver optimal speed and efficiency. With features like interactive schema visualization and inline editing, WhoDB caters to both small projects and complex enterprise systems.

What can I do with this? This image will run whodb rootless and distroless. Attach it to your Postgres, your MariaDB, your Redis or your SQLite database and enjoy a simple UI to browse your data quickly and easily. Perfect for quick developments and lookups.

Why should I run this image and not the other image(s) that already exist? Good question! Because ...

If you value security, simplicity and optimizations to the extreme, then this image might be for you.

Below you find a comparison between this image and the most used or original one.

• /whodb/var - Directory of databases to import (like SQlite)

name: "db"

x-lockdown: &lockdown
  # prevents write access to the image itself
  read_only: true
  # prevents any process within the container to gain more privileges
  security_opt:
    - "no-new-privileges=true"

services:
  whodb:
    image: "11notes/whodb:0.72.0"
    <<: *lockdown
    environment:
      TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
    volumes:
      - "whodb.var:/whodb/var"
    ports:
      - "3000:8080/tcp"
    networks:
      frontend:
      backend:
    restart: "always"

  postgres:
    # for more information about this image checkout:
    # https://github.com/11notes/docker-postgres
    image: "11notes/postgres:16"
    <<: *lockdown
    environment:
      TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_BACKUP_SCHEDULE: "0 3 * * *"
    networks:
      backend:
    volumes:
      - "postgres.etc:/postgres/etc"
      - "postgres.var:/postgres/var"
      - "postgres.backup:/postgres/backup"
    tmpfs:
      - "/postgres/run:uid=1000,gid=1000"
      - "/postgres/log:uid=1000,gid=1000"
    restart: "always"

  redis:
    # for more information about this image checkout:
    # https://github.com/11notes/docker-redis
    image: "11notes/redis:7.4.5"
    <<: *lockdown
    environment:
      REDIS_PASSWORD: "${REDIS_PASSWORD}"
      TZ: "Europe/Zurich"
    networks:
      backend:
    volumes:
      - "redis.etc:/redis/etc"
      - "redis.var:/redis/var"
    tmpfs:
      - "/run:uid=1000,gid=1000"
    restart: "always"

volumes:
  whodb.var:
  postgres.etc:
  postgres.var:
  postgres.backup:
  redis.etc:
  redis.var:

networks:
  frontend:
  backend:
    internal: true

To find out how you can change the default UID/GID of this container image, consult the RTFM.

These are the main tags for the image. There is also a tag for each commit and its shorthand sha256 value.

• 0.72.0

It is my opinion that the :latest tag is a bad habbit and should not be used at all. Many developers introduce breaking changes in new releases. This would messed up everything for people who use :latest. If you don’t want to change the tag to the latest semver, simply use the short versions of semver. Instead of using :0.72.0 you can use :0 or :0.72. Since on each new version these tags are updated to the latest version of the software, using them is identical to using :latest but at least fixed to a major or minor version. Which in theory should not introduce breaking changes.

If you still insist on having the bleeding edge release of this app, simply use the :rolling tag, but be warned! You will get the latest version of the app instantly, regardless of breaking changes or security issues or what so ever. You do this at your own risk!

docker pull 11notes/whodb:0.72.0
docker pull ghcr.io/11notes/whodb:0.72.0
docker pull quay.io/11notes/whodb:0.72.0

• 11notes/whodb

• whodb

This image is provided to you at your own risk. Always make backups before updating an image to a different version. Check the releases for breaking changes. If you have any problems with using this image simply raise an issue, thanks. If you have a question or inputs please create a new discussion instead of an issue. You can find all my other repositories on github.

created 12.11.2025, 06:33:56 (CET)