# jpetazzo/dind

Docker in Docker

Repository: https://github.com/jpetazzo/dind
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dind
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-07-18T03:45:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4762, "days_push": 2968, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2528, forks 554 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.716269+00:00)

## What it is
A Docker image recipe that lets you run a Docker daemon inside a Docker container using the --privileged flag. It is now obsolete, superseded by the official docker:dind image.

## Use cases
- run docker inside a docker container
- spin up containers from a jenkins ci container
- nested docker daemon for testing
- expose an inner docker daemon over a tcp port

## When to choose
- you need to understand how docker-in-docker works under the hood
- you are stuck on a very old docker version without the official dind image

## When to avoid
- you want to run docker-in-docker today - use the official docker:dind image instead
- you want ci containers to build images - use socket mounting or rootless alternatives
- you need a maintained solution

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: container-runtime, developer-tools, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: docker-in-docker, ci-cd, obsolete, shell-script, privileged-containers, containers, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- jpetazzo/dind (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.716269+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:23.273008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jpetazzo/dind (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.716269+00:00, sha efa68712b825)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.