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Lint your Dockerfile against production best practices. Catches insecure defaults (root user, :latest tags), wasteful patterns, and missing directives (HEALTHCHECK, USER, WORKDIR) with a 0-100 quality score.

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About the Dockerfile Validator & Linter

Lint your Dockerfile against production best practices. Catches insecure defaults (root user, :latest tags), wasteful patterns, and missing directives (HEALTHCHECK, USER, WORKDIR) with a 0-100 quality score.

Dockerfile Validator & Linter is a free browser-based tool on QuickFnd. Lint your Dockerfile against production best practices. Catches insecure defaults (root user, :latest tags), wasteful patterns, and missing directives (HEALTHCHECK, USER, WORKDIR) with a 0-100 quality score. No installation or account required — runs entirely in your browser on desktop and mobile.

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Tool
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Your browser — no account, no install
Price
Free
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Frequently asked questions

What rules does the validator check?+

It runs against 14 production-grade rules: :latest tag usage, multi-stage naming, apt-get without --no-install-recommends or cleanup, curl-pipe-to-shell anti-pattern, ADD with URL, USER root, missing USER directive, missing WORKDIR, missing HEALTHCHECK, too many RUN layers, "COPY . ." before dependency install, relative WORKDIR paths, and single-FROM sanity.

How is the quality score calculated?+

Start at 100 points. Each error subtracts 25, each warning subtracts 8, each info hint subtracts 3. Clean Dockerfiles score 90-100. Production Dockerfiles usually land 75-90 after one pass.

Is my Dockerfile sent to a server?+

No. The entire parser and rule engine runs in your browser. Your Dockerfile never leaves your device.

Why does it flag "COPY . ." as a warning?+

Because copying everything early invalidates the Docker layer cache on every file change. The standard pattern is: COPY the dependency manifest first, RUN install, then COPY the rest of your source.

Does it check security issues?+

Yes — USER must not be root, :latest must be pinned, curl-pipe-to-shell is flagged, and ADD with URLs is flagged. For deeper image scanning, use Trivy or Snyk after the build.

What do the HEALTHCHECK, USER, WORKDIR badges mean?+

The badges at the top of the score panel show whether your Dockerfile has each directive. Green means present; red means missing. All three are optional from Docker's point of view but expected by orchestrators like Kubernetes.

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