Favorite Docker Containers for Technical Writers

I’m a Technical Writer, so my choices of Docker containers reflect my preference toward documentation-oriented ones.

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1. Portainer — A must have for running Docker. Shows all your containers, images, and volumes. It lets you stop and start the containers and shows the ports that they are running on. See also Portainer Docker Container.
2. Homepage — Lets you set links to services and websites that you use frequently. Uses configuration files for setting the links, backgrounds, and icons. See also Link-Based Docker Containers.
3. Drupal — Content management system (CMS) that allows you create dynamic web sites. See Using Drupal and DITA OT to Create a PDF File for a Drupal use case and Drupal Docker Container.
4. WordPress — Easy to use content management system for developing web sites (see also Wordpress Docker Container).
5. Panadoc- Allows conversion from one documentation format to another (for example, markdown to pdf file or dokuwiki to markdown). See also Panadoc Docker Run.
6. Heimdall — Similar to homepage but configuration files are not needed. See also Link-Based Docker Containers.
7. DokuWiki — Easy to use text-based wiki (see also DokuWiki Docker Container).
8. FreshRSS — A self-hosted reader that aggregates popular feeds from news sites, blogs, and podcasts.
9. Linkding — Bookmark manager that you host on your home server. It has an excellent search feature. See also Link-Based Docker Containers.

Originally published at http://hypot2noose.blogspot.com on April 29, 2026.