The History of Docker

Originally created by Solomon Hykes in 2013, Docker is open-source and has become a well-renowned name within containerisation.

Docker started as an internal project for dotCloud (a PaaS provider), where it was then showcased in PyCon in 2013 and then quickly made open-source.

While containerisation's original concepts started in 1979 with Unix V7, Docker has made containerisation a popular technology since its release in 2013. Docker’s popularity is due to making the benefits of containerisation accessible and modern.

As of April 2022, It is fair to say that Docker is extremely popular. To be precise:

• 13 million developers are using Docker [1]

• There are 7 million applications made and ready to use with Docker [2]

• 13 billion applications are downloaded monthly! [3]

• …and this is just from the official repository

[1, 2]. Dockerhub.com 04/2022

[3]. Docker.com 04/2022