Docker (software)

Docker

Original author(s)	Solomon Hykes
Developer(s)	Docker, Inc.
Initial release	March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20)
Stable release	20.10.17  / 7 June 2022 (7 June 2022)
Repository	github.com/moby/moby
Written in	Go
Operating system	Linux, Windows, macOS
Platform	x86-64, ARM, s390x, ppc64le
Type	OS-level virtualization
License	Free / Paid
Website	docker.com

Docker is a technology that bundles a software program with all of the other software that application needs to run, such as an operating system, third-party software libraries, etc. Software bundled like this is called a container.

The benefit of using Docker to put applications in containers is that they can be run on different kinds of computers (for example, both a laptop and a web server), without the risk of a missing software library or a different operating system causing the application to not work.