Docker

Docker is the company behind the containerization platform that has become the de facto standard for packaging and deploying software applications. Founded in 2013 by Solomon Hykes, Docker revolutionized how software is built and shipped, and today Docker Desktop and Docker Hub serve millions of developers worldwide.

Docker has become critical AI infrastructure as the standard way to package, distribute, and deploy machine learning models, AI applications, and development environments. Nearly every major AI framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face) distributes official Docker images, and most AI model serving platforms (vLLM, Triton, Ollama) run in Docker containers. The company launched the MCP Catalog with over 300 verified AI server containers for the Model Context Protocol ecosystem.

Docker Hub, the world's largest container registry, hosts millions of container images including a rapidly growing collection of AI and ML tools. Docker's combination of reproducible environments, dependency management, and cross-platform compatibility makes it essential for AI development workflows — ensuring that models trained on one system can be reliably deployed on any other. Docker Desktop's integration with GPU passthrough has further simplified local AI development.