---
name: tugboat-cli
description: >
  Quickly containerize your Python and R (or hybrid) projects with minimal configuration. Simple utilities to generate a Dockerfile from an analysis directory, 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_cli package.
compatibility: Requires Python >=3.12.
---

# tugboat

Quickly containerize your Python and R (or hybrid) projects with minimal configuration. Simple utilities to generate a Dockerfile from an analysis directory, build the corresponding Docker image, push the image to DockerHub, and publicly share the project via Binder.

## Installation

```bash
pip install tugboat-cli
```

## API overview

### All functions

Functionality for creating and building Docker images.

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

## Resources

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