Webtop: Alpine/Ubuntu/Fedora/Arch based containers w/ full desktop environments
GitHub - linuxserver/docker-webtop: Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, and Fedora based Webtop images, Linux in a web browser supporting popular desktop environments.









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custom base image with s6 overlay
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linuxserver/webtop










Webtop - Alpine, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via any modern web browser.

Supported Architectures
We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.
Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.
The architectures supported by this image are:



Architecture
Available
Tag




x86-64
✅
amd64-<version tag>


arm64
✅
arm64v8-<version tag>


armhf
❌




Version Tags
This image provides various versions that are available via tags. Please read the descriptions carefully and exercise caution when using unstable or development tags.



Tag
Available
Description




latest
✅
XFCE Alpine


ubuntu-xfce
✅
XFCE Ubuntu


fedora-xfce
✅
XFCE Fedora


arch-xfce
✅
XFCE Arch


debian-xfce
✅
XFCE Debian


alpine-kde
✅
KDE Alpine


ubuntu-kde
✅
KDE Ubuntu


fedora-kde
✅
KDE Fedora


arch-kde
✅
KDE Arch


debian-kde
✅
KDE Debian


alpine-mate
✅
MATE Alpine


ubuntu-mate
✅
MATE Ubuntu


fedora-mate
✅
MATE Fedora


arch-mate
✅
MATE Arch


debian-mate
✅
MATE Debian


alpine-i3
✅
i3 Alpine


ubuntu-i3
✅
i3 Ubuntu


fedora-i3
✅
i3 Fedora


arch-i3
✅
i3 Arch


debian-i3
✅
i3 Debian


alpine-openbox
✅
Openbox Alpine


ubuntu-openbox
✅
Openbox Ubuntu


fedora-openbox
✅
Openbox Fedora


arch-openbox
✅
Openbox Arch


debian-openbox
✅
Openbox Debian


alpine-icewm
✅
IceWM Alpine


ubuntu-icewm
✅
IceWM Ubuntu


fedora-icewm
✅
IceWM Fedora


arch-icewm
✅
IceWM Arch


debian-icewm
✅
IceWM Debian



Application Setup
The Webtop can be accessed at:

http://yourhost:3000/
https://yourhost:3001/

Modern GUI desktop apps (including some flavors terminals) have issues with the latest Docker and syscall compatibility, you can use Docker with the --security-opt seccomp=unconfined setting to allow these syscalls
Application management
PRoot Apps
If you run system native installations of software IE sudo apt-get install filezilla and then upgrade or destroy/re-create the container that software will be removed and the Webtop will be at a clean state. For some users that will be acceptable and they can update their system packages as well using system native commands like apt-get upgrade. If you want Docker to handle upgrading the container and retain your applications and settings we have created proot-apps which allow portable applications to be installed to persistent storage in the user's $HOME directory and they will work in a confined Docker environment out of the box. These applications and their settings will persist upgrades of the base container and can be mounted into different flavors of Webtop containers on the fly facilitating virtual "Distro Hopping". IE if you are running the alpine-mate Webtop you will be able to use the same /config directory mounted into the arch-kde Webtop and retain the same applications and settings as long as they were installed with proot-apps install. This can be achieved from the command line with:
proot-apps install filezilla

PRoot Apps is included in all KasmVNC based containers, a list of linuxserver.io supported applications is located HERE.
Native Apps
It is possible to install extra packages during container start using universal-package-install. It might increase starting time significantly. PRoot is preferred.
  environment:
    - DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:universal-package-install
    - INSTALL_PACKAGES=libfuse2|git|gdb
Options in all KasmVNC based GUI containers
This container is based on Docker Baseimage KasmVNC which means there are additional environment variables and run configurations to enable or disable specific functionality.
Optional environment variables



Variable
Description




CUSTOM_PORT
Internal port the container listens on for http if it needs to be swapped from the default 3000.


CUSTOM_HTTPS_PORT
Internal port the container listens on for https if it needs to be swapped from the default 3001.


CUSTOM_USER
HTTP Basic auth username, abc is default.


PASSWORD
HTTP Basic auth password, abc is default. If unset there will be no auth


SUBFOLDER
Subfolder for the application if running a subfolder reverse proxy, need both slashes IE /subfolder/


TITLE
The page title displayed on the web browser, default "KasmVNC Client".


FM_HOME
This is the home directory (landing) for the file manager, default "/config".


START_DOCKER
If set to false a container with privilege will not automatically start the DinD Docker setup.


DRINODE
If mounting in /dev/dri for DRI3 GPU Acceleration allows you to specify the device to use IE /dev/dri/renderD128


DISABLE_IPV6
If set to true or any value this will disable IPv6


LC_ALL
Set the Language for the container to run as IE fr_FR.UTF-8 ar_AE.UTF-8


NO_DECOR
If set the application will run without window borders in openbox for use as a PWA.


NO_FULL
Do not autmatically fullscreen applications when using openbox.



Optional run configurations



Variable
Description




--privileged
Will start a Docker in Docker (DinD) setup inside the container to use docker in an isolated environment. For increased performance mount the Docker directory inside the container to the host IE -v /home/user/docker-data:/var/lib/docker.


-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
Mount in the host level Docker socket to either interact with it via CLI or use Docker enabled applications.


--device /dev/dri:/dev/dri
Mount a GPU into the container, this can be used in conjunction with the DRINODE environment variable to leverage a host video card for GPU accelerated applications. Only Open Source drivers are supported IE (Intel,AMDGPU,Radeon,ATI,Nouveau)



Language Support - Internationalization
The environment variable LC_ALL can be used to start Webtop in a different language than English simply pass for example to launch the Desktop session in French LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8. Some languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean will be missing fonts needed to render properly known as cjk fonts, but others may exist and not be installed inside the Webtop depending on what underlying distribution you are running. We only ensure fonts for Latin characters are present. Fonts can be installed with a mod on startup.
To install cjk fonts on startup as an example pass the environment variables (Alpine base):
-e DOCKER_MODS=linuxserver/mods:universal-package-install 
-e INSTALL_PACKAGES=font-noto-cjk 
-e LC_ALL=zh_CN.UTF-8

The web interface has the option for "IME Input Mode" in Settings which will allow non english characters to be used from a non en_US keyboard on the client. Once enabled it will perform the same as a local Linux installation set to your locale.
DRI3 GPU Acceleration
For accelerated apps or games, render devices can be mounted into the container and leveraged by applications using:
--device /dev/dri:/dev/dri
This feature only supports Open Source GPU drivers:



Driver
Description




Intel
i965 and i915 drivers for Intel iGPU chipsets


AMD
AMDGPU, Radeon, and ATI drivers for AMD dedicated or APU chipsets


NVIDIA
nouveau2 drivers only, closed source NVIDIA drivers lack DRI3 support



The DRINODE environment variable can be used to point to a specific GPU.
Up to date information can be found here
Display Compositing (desktop effects)
When using this image in tandem with a supported video card, compositing will function albeit with a performance hit when syncing the frames with pixmaps for the applications using it. This can greatly increase app compatibility if the application in question requires compositing, but requires a real GPU to be mounted into the container. By default we disable compositing at a DE level for performance reasons on our downstream images, but it can be enabled by the user and programs using compositing will still function even if the DE has it disabled in its settings. When building desktop images be sure you understand that with it enabled by default only users that have a compatible GPU mounted in will be able to use your image.
Nvidia GPU Support
Nvidia is not compatible with Alpine based images
Nvidia support is available by leveraging Zink for OpenGL support. This can be enabled with the following run flags:



Variable
Description




--gpus all
This can be filtered down but for most setups this will pass the one Nvidia GPU on the system


--runtime nvidia
Specify the Nvidia runtime which mounts drivers and tools in from the host



The compose syntax is slightly different for this as you will need to set nvidia as the default runtime:
sudo nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker --set-as-default
sudo service docker restart

And to assign the GPU in compose:
services:
  webtop:
    image: linuxserver/webtop:debian-kde
    deploy:
      resources:
        reservations:
          devices:
            - driver: nvidia
              count: 1
              capabilities: [compute,video,graphics,utility]

Lossless mode
This container is capable of delivering a true lossless image at a high framerate to your web browser by changing the Stream Quality preset to "Lossless", more information here. In order to use this mode from a non localhost endpoint the HTTPS port on 3001 needs to be used. If using a reverse proxy to port 3000 specific headers will need to be set as outlined here.
Usage
To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)
---
services:
  webtop:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest
    container_name: webtop
    security_opt:
      - seccomp:unconfined #optional
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - SUBFOLDER=/ #optional
      - TITLE=Webtop #optional
    volumes:
      - /path/to/data:/config
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock #optional
    ports:
      - 3000:3000
      - 3001:3001
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri #optional
    shm_size: "1gb" #optional
    restart: unless-stopped
docker cli (click here for more info)
docker run -d \
  --name=webtop \
  --security-opt seccomp=unconfined `#optional` \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -e SUBFOLDER=/ `#optional` \
  -e TITLE=Webtop `#optional` \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -p 3001:3001 \
  -v /path/to/data:/config \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock `#optional` \
  --device /dev/dri:/dev/dri `#optional` \
  --shm-size="1gb" `#optional` \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest
Parameters
Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.



Parameter
Function




-p 3000
Web Desktop GUI


-p 3001
Web Desktop GUI HTTPS


-e PUID=1000
for UserID - see below for explanation


-e PGID=1000
for GroupID - see below for explanation


-e TZ=Etc/UTC
specify a timezone to use, see this list.


-e SUBFOLDER=/
Specify a subfolder to use with reverse proxies, IE /subfolder/


-e TITLE=Webtop
String which will be used as page/tab title in the web browser.


-v /config
abc users home directory


-v /var/run/docker.sock
Docker Socket on the system, if you want to use Docker in the container


--device /dev/dri
Add this for GL support (Linux hosts only)


--shm-size=
We set this to 1 gig to prevent modern web browsers from crashing


--security-opt seccomp=unconfined
For Docker Engine only, many modern gui apps need this to function on older hosts as syscalls are unknown to Docker.



Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)
You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.
As an example:
-e FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable
Will set the environment variable MYVAR based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretvariable file.
Umask for running applications
For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting.
Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.
User / Group Identifiers
When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.
Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.
In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id your_user as below:

Example output:
uid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)

Docker Mods
 
We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.
Support Info


Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it webtop /bin/bash


To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:



Container version number:
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' webtop


Image version number:
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest


Updating Info
Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (noted in the relevant readme.md), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the Application Setup section above to see if it is recommended for the image.
Below are the instructions for updating containers:
Via Docker Compose


Update images:


All images:



Single image:
docker-compose pull webtop




Update containers:


All containers:



Single container:
docker-compose up -d webtop




You can also remove the old dangling images:



Via Docker Run


Update the image:
docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest


Stop the running container:



Delete the container:



Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your /config folder and settings will be preserved)


You can also remove the old dangling images:



Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)
TipWe recommend Diun for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.

Building locally
If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:
git clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-webtop.git
cd docker-webtop
docker build \
  --no-cache \
  --pull \
  -t lscr.io/linuxserver/webtop:latest .
The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware using multiarch/qemu-user-static
docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static:register --reset
Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.
Versions

26.09.24: - Swap from firefox to chromium on Alpine images.
23.05.24: - Rebase Alpine to 3.20, document Nvidia support.
22.04.24: - Rebase Ubuntu to Noble.
16.04.24: - Add docs on PRoot Apps.
14.04.24: - Rebase Fedora to 40.
11.02.24: - Add PWA icons and title variants properly.
06.02.24: - Update Readme about native language support.
29.12.23: - Rebase Alpine to 3.19 and swap back to Firefox.
07.11.23: - Rebase Fedora to 39.
14.06.23: - Rebase to Debian Bookworm.
13.05.23: - Rebase to Alpine 3.18 and Fedora 38.
23.03.23: - Rebase all Webtops to KasmVNC base image.
21.10.22: - Rebase xfce to Alpine 3.16, migrate to s6v3.
12.03.22: - Add documentation for mounting in a GPU.
05.02.22: - Rebase KDE Ubuntu to Jammy, add new documentation for updated gclient, stop recommending priv mode.
21.09.21: - Add Fedora and Arch images, show seccomp settings in readme.
26.09.21: - Rebase to Alpine versions to 3.14.
20.04.21: - Initial release.

