Q15206305
open-source software for deploying and running of containerized applications
Key facts
- Original author
- Solomon Hykes
- Developer
- Docker, Inc.
- Initial release
- March 20, 2013 ; 13 years ago ( 2013-03-20 )
- Stable release
- 29.5.2 / 20 May 2026
- Written in
- Go
- Operating system
- Linux , Windows , macOS
- Platform
- x86-64 , ARM , s390x , ppc64le
- Type
- OS-level virtualization
- License
- Apache-2.0 license (Docker Engine, for Linux only) End-user license agreement (Docker Desktop)
- Website
- www .docker .com
- Repository
- github .com /docker
via Wikipedia infobox
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Docker is a set of products that uses operating system-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Docker automates the deployment of applications within lightweight containers, enabling them to run consistently across different computing environments.