Docker (software)

Docker
Original author(s)	Solomon Hykes
Developer(s)	Docker, Inc.
Initial release	March 20, 2013; 12 years ago
Stable release	29.2.1 / 2 February 2026; 32 days ago
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 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.^[3]

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.

References

↑ "v29.2.1". 2 February 2026. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
↑ "Docker FAQs".
↑ "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.

This short article about technology can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[wikidata-d4bec9cfd522bc8c38c5aa45778198faaea92bbb-v20-1] "v29.2.1". 2 February 2026. Retrieved 8 February 2026.

[2] "Docker FAQs".

[3] "Docker - easily explained! | Data Basecamp". 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-15.

[1]

[2]

[3]