zancas / containment

Replace virtualenv with a container-based environment manager that conforms to virtualenvs interface

containment

Automate the creation and management of development containers.

containment makes it easy to create and share reusable container images that provide a consistent and transparent development environment.

containment was inspired by Python's virtualenv package. Like virtualenv, containment separates project dependencies from packages installed on the development machine but additionally separates your project's operating system dependencies to guarantee that all developers are using a consistent set of dependencies.

Unlike with traditional container-based approaches, containment creates an additional layer to make the use of the development container more seamless. containment tries to be as invisible to the user as possible, by using the same shell, development tools, and configuration already defined by the user.

Installation

Currently, the easiest method is to install it using pip:

$ pip3 install containment

In the future, there will be operating system packages to simplify the installation of containment.

Basic Usage

$ cd path/to/project
$ containment