Docker Image Layer Analyzer

---
name: "Docker Image Layer Analyzer"
slug: "docker-image-layer-analyzer"
description: "Analyzes Docker image layers using the Docker Registry HTTP API v2 and dive CLI tool. Calculates layer sizes, identifies wasted space, and suggests multi-stage build optimizations."
github_stars: 71492
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/moby/moby"
category: "Library & API Reference"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "moby/moby"
  github_stars: 71492
---

# Docker Image Layer Analyzer

Analyzes Docker image layers using the Docker Registry HTTP API v2 and dive CLI tool. Calculates layer sizes, identifies wasted space, and suggests multi-stage build optimizations.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Docker Engine releases are tagged with a **docker-** prefix (e.g. docker-v29.0.0 for Docker Engine 29.0.0).

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Moby is an open-source project created by Docker to enable and accelerate software containerization.
- ## Relationship with Docker
- The components and tools in the Moby Project are initially the open source components that Docker and the community have built for the Docker Project.

- Source: https://github.com/moby/moby
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moby/moby/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/docker-image-layer-analyzer/)