Docker Inc.

Overview

Company that popularized container technology through the Docker platform. Docker Engine is open-source; Docker Desktop is commercial.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2010-03-01

  • Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA

  • Status: Private

  • CEO: Tomas-Miron Navratil

  • Founded by Solomon Hykes; launched Docker Engine in 2013

  • Docker Engine (open-source) is the container runtime that powers containerization

  • Docker Desktop (commercial) provides IDE and tooling for developers

  • Docker Hub is the largest container image registry

  • Docker Compose defines multi-container applications via YAML

  • Docker Engine engine is open-source (MIT); Desktop is dual-license

Products Mentioned in Wiki

  • Docker | containerd is the OCI runtime that Docker Engine uses under the hood