Docker

• Docker

  • Source repository: moby/moby (the open-source engine, formerly docker/docker). GitHub/Star: 71,905 (checked 2026-07-13).
  • Platform for building, shipping, and running applications in Containers: OS-level virtualization that packages an application with its dependencies into a portable image.
  • Written in Go.
  • Docker/Compose orchestrates multi-container applications from a declarative YAML file.

  • Docker Desktop (for Mac)

    • On macOS, Docker runs through Docker Desktop — the GUI app that ships the Linux VM (daemon) plus the client tooling.
    • Installed in these dotfiles via the Homebrew docker-desktop cask (see brew/file); the cask symlinks the bundled Docker/CLI, docker-compose, and kubectl onto Shell/PATH. The CLI is sourced from the cask rather than mise so client and daemon stay version-locked.
    • Getting the CLI onto PATH after install: Docker/For Mac/How to Install into Zsh

  • Related

    • Lazydocker — TUI for managing containers
    • Docker/Concept/vs Dagger and Devcontainers