diff --git a/platypush/platydock/__init__.py b/platypush/platydock/__init__.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/platypush/platydock/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+"""
+Platydock
+
+Platydock is a helper that allows you to easily manage (create, destroy, start,
+stop and list) Platypush instances as Docker images.
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Fabio Manganiello <blacklight86@gmail.com>
+.. license: MIT
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import enum
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import textwrap
+import traceback as tb
+
+import platypush
+
+from platypush.config import Config
+from platypush.context import register_backends, get_plugin, get_backend
+
+
+workdir = os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.local', 'share',
+                       'platypush', 'platydock')
+
+class Action(enum.Enum):
+    build = 'build'
+    start = 'start'
+    stop  = 'stop'
+    rm    = 'rm'
+    ls    = 'ls'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.value
+
+
+def _parse_deps(cls):
+    deps = []
+
+    for line in cls.__doc__.split('\n'):
+        m = re.search('\(``pip install (.+)``\)', line)
+        if m:
+            deps.append(m.group(1))
+
+    return deps
+
+def generate_dockerfile(deps, ports, cfgfile, devdir):
+    device_id = Config.get('device_id')
+    if not device_id:
+        raise RuntimeError(('You need to specify a device_id in {} - Docker ' +
+                           'containers cannot rely on hostname').format(cfgfile))
+
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(devdir)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
+
+    content = textwrap.dedent(
+        '''
+        FROM python:alpine3.7
+
+        RUN mkdir -p /etc/platypush
+        RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/share/platypush\n
+        ''').lstrip()
+
+    cfgfile_copy = os.path.join(devdir, 'config.yaml')
+    with open(cfgfile) as src_f:
+        with open(cfgfile_copy, 'w') as dest_f:
+            for line in src_f:
+                dest_f.write(line)
+
+    content += 'COPY config.yaml /etc/platypush/'
+
+    content += textwrap.dedent(
+        '''
+        RUN apk add --update --no-cache --virtual build-base \\
+            && apk add --update --no-cache --virtual git \\
+        ''')
+
+    for dep in deps:
+        content += '\t&& pip install {} \\\n'.format(dep)
+
+    content += '\t&& pip install ' + \
+        'git+https://github.com/BlackLight/platypush.git \\\n'
+
+    content += '\t&& apk del git \\\n'
+    content += '\t&& apk del build-base\n\n'
+
+    for port in ports:
+        content += 'EXPOSE {}\n'.format(port)
+
+    content += '\nCMD ["python", "-m", "platypush"]\n'
+    dockerfile = os.path.join(devdir, 'Dockerfile')
+    print('Generating Dockerfile {}'.format(dockerfile))
+
+    with open(dockerfile, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(content)
+
+
+def build(args):
+    global workdir
+
+    ports = set()
+    deps = set()
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock build',
+                                     description='Build a Platypush image ' +
+                                     'from a config.yaml')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', type=str, required=True,
+                        help='Path to the platypush configuration file')
+
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    cfgfile = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(opts.config))
+    Config.init(cfgfile)
+    register_backends()
+    backend_config = Config.get_backends()
+
+    if backend_config.get('http'):
+        http_backend = get_backend('http')
+        ports.add(http_backend.port)
+        if http_backend.websocket_port:
+            ports.add(http_backend.websocket_port)
+
+    if backend_config.get('tcp'):
+        ports.add(get_backend('tcp').port)
+
+    if backend_config.get('websocket'):
+        ports.add(get_backend('websocket').port)
+
+    for name in Config.get_backends().keys():
+        deps.update(_parse_deps(get_backend(name)))
+
+    for name in Config.get_plugins().keys():
+        try:
+            deps.update(_parse_deps(get_plugin(name)))
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    devdir = os.path.join(workdir, Config.get('device_id'))
+    generate_dockerfile(deps=deps, ports=ports, cfgfile=cfgfile, devdir=devdir)
+
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'build', '-t', 'platypush-{}'.format(
+        Config.get('device_id')), devdir])
+
+
+def start(args):
+    global workdir
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock start',
+                description='Start a Platypush container',
+                epilog=textwrap.dedent('''
+                                       You can append additional options that
+                                       will be passed to the docker container.
+                                       Example:
+
+                                            --add-host='myhost:192.168.1.1'
+                                       '''))
+
+    parser.add_argument('image', type=str, help='Platypush image to start')
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--publish', action='append', nargs='*', default=[],
+                        help=textwrap.dedent('''
+                                             Container's ports to expose to the host.
+                                             Note that the default exposed ports from
+                                             the container service will be exposed unless
+                                             these mappings override them (e.g. port 8008
+                                             on the container will be mapped to 8008 on
+                                             the host).
+
+                                             Example:
+
+                                             -p 18008:8008 -p 18009:8009
+                                             '''))
+
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+    ports = {}
+    dockerfile = os.path.join(workdir, opts.image, 'Dockerfile')
+
+    with open(dockerfile) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            m = re.match('expose (\d+)', line.strip().lower())
+            if m:
+                ports[m.group(1)] = m.group(1)
+
+    for mapping in opts.publish:
+        host_port, container_port = mapping[0].split(':')
+        ports[container_port] = host_port
+
+    print('Preparing Redis support container')
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'pull', 'redis'])
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'run', '--rm', '--name', 'redis-' + opts.image,
+                     '-d', 'redis'])
+
+    docker_cmd = ['docker', 'run', '--rm', '--name', opts.image, '-it',
+                  '--link', 'redis-' + opts.image + ':redis']
+
+    for container_port, host_port in ports.items():
+        docker_cmd += ['-p', host_port + ':' + container_port]
+
+    docker_cmd += args
+    docker_cmd += ['-d', 'platypush-' + opts.image]
+
+    print('Starting Platypush container {}'.format(opts.image))
+    subprocess.call(docker_cmd)
+
+
+def stop(args):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock stop',
+                                     description='Stop a Platypush container')
+
+    parser.add_argument('container', type=str, help='Platypush container to stop')
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    print('Stopping Platypush container {}'.format(opts.container))
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'kill', '{}'.format(opts.container)])
+
+    print('Stopping Redis support container')
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'stop', 'redis-{}'.format(opts.container)])
+
+
+def rm(args):
+    global workdir
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock rm',
+                                     description='Remove a Platypush image. ' +
+                                     'NOTE: make sure that no container is ' +
+                                     'running nor linked to the image before ' +
+                                     'removing it')
+
+    parser.add_argument('image', type=str, help='Platypush image to remove')
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    devdir = os.path.join(workdir, Config.get('device_id'))
+    subprocess.call(['docker', 'rmi', 'platypush-{}'.format(opts.image)])
+    subprocess.call(['rm', '-r', 'platypush-{}'.format(opts.image)])
+
+
+def ls(args):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock ls',
+                                     description='List available Platypush containers')
+    parser.add_argument('filter', type=str, nargs='?',
+                        help='Image name filter')
+
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(args)
+
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['docker', 'images'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    output = p.communicate()[0].decode().split('\n')
+    header = output.pop(0)
+    images = []
+
+    for line in output:
+        if re.match('^platypush-(.+?)\s.*', line):
+            if not opts.filter or (opts.filter and opts.filter in line):
+                images.append(line)
+
+    if images:
+        print(header)
+
+        for image in images:
+            print(image)
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='platydock', add_help=False,
+                                     description='Manage Platypush docker containers',
+                                     epilog='Use platydock <action> --help to ' +
+                                     'get additional help')
+
+    parser.add_argument('action', nargs='?', type=Action, choices=list(Action),
+                        help='Action to execute')
+    parser.add_argument('-h', '--help', action='store_true', help='Show usage')
+    opts, args = parser.parse_known_args(sys.argv[1:])
+
+    if (opts.help and not opts.action) or (not opts.help and not opts.action):
+        parser.print_help()
+        return 1
+
+    globals()[str(opts.action)](sys.argv[2:])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ERR_PREFIX = '\n\033[6;31;47mERROR\033[0;91m '
+    ERR_SUFFIX = '\033[0m'
+
+    try:
+        main()
+    except Exception as e:
+        tb.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
+        print(ERR_PREFIX + str(e) + ERR_SUFFIX, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
diff --git a/platypush/platydock/__main__.py b/platypush/platydock/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f216837d4
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+++ b/platypush/platydock/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from platypush.platydock import main
+
+main()
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et:
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c26c6179e..762ef6536 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ setup(
         'console_scripts': [
             'platypush=platypush:main',
             'pusher=platypush.pusher:main',
+            'platydock=platypush.platydock:main',
         ],
     },
     # data_files = [