diet/docker-skype repository overview

⁠Skype in Docker

If you ever wonder how to have multiple instances of Skype running. This docker image might be a solution. The need to run multiple instances come from the fact that you might have an account for work and a personal one.

⁠Installation

docker pull diet/docker-skype
docker run diet/docker-skype cat /app/host/skype.run > ~/bin/skype.run && chmod +x ~/bin/skype.run

⁠Basic usage

skype.run ~/.local/.skype/work &

⁠Tips

You might want to create wrapper scripts in ~/bin something like skype.work and skype.personal. Which would call skype.run with appropriate directory.

⁠Acknowledgements

This work is based and inspired by

• Dockerfile of Daniel Mizyrycki [email protected]⁠
• Running Google chrome in a container post from https://www.stgraber.org/category/planet-canonical/⁠