---
name: tugboat
description: >
  Simple utilities to generate a Dockerfile from a directory or project, build the corresponding Docker image, push the image to DockerHub, and publicly share the project via Binder. Use when writing Python code that uses the tugboat package.
compatibility: Requires Python >=3.11.
---

# tugboat

Simple utilities to generate a Dockerfile from a directory or project, build the corresponding Docker image, push the image to DockerHub, and publicly share the project via Binder.

## Installation

```bash
pip install tugboat
```

## API overview

### All functions

Functionality for creating and building Docker images.

- `build.build`
- `create.create`
- `binderize.binderize`

## Resources

- [Full documentation](https://dmolitor.com/tugboat-py/)
- [llms.txt](llms.txt) — Indexed API reference for LLMs
- [llms-full.txt](llms-full.txt) — Comprehensive documentation for LLMs