# docker-library/docker

Docker Official Image packaging for Docker

Repository: https://github.com/docker-library/docker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-library-docker
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-18T22:06:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4166, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1482, forks 646 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.044039+00:00)

## What it is
The Docker Official Image packaging repository for the Docker CLI and daemon, maintained under the docker-library project. It provides ready-to-use container images of Docker itself, commonly used for Docker-in-Docker scenarios and CI pipelines.

## Use cases
- run docker commands inside a container
- set up docker-in-docker for CI pipelines
- build container images in a GitLab or GitHub Actions job
- package the docker CLI as a container image
- run a docker daemon inside kubernetes pods

## When to choose
- you need the Docker CLI or daemon available inside a containerized CI/CD environment
- you want a trusted, regularly updated official image of Docker
- you are doing Docker-in-Docker or socket-mounting workflows

## When to avoid
- you just want to install Docker on a host machine directly
- you need an alternative container runtime like Podman or containerd
- you want the Docker Engine source code rather than its image packaging

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: active
- function: container-runtime, developer-tools, cli, deployment
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: docker-official-image, docker-in-docker, docker-cli, containerization, packaging, devops, containers, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- docker-library/docker (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.044039+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 2026-08-30T04:34:06.329390+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docker-library/docker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.044039+00:00, sha 0fb197ef71d0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.