Moby
The open-source engine behind container builds and runtime primitives used by Docker-compatible tooling.
Overview
Moby provides the container engine components that build, ship, and run images. It includes the daemon, containerd integration, networking, and storage layers used by Docker-compatible tooling.
Where it fits
- Building container images locally
- Running containers on a single host
- Embedding container runtime components in other tools
Key capabilities
- Dockerfile image builds
- Container lifecycle management
- Pluggable networking and storage drivers
- API for client tools
Repository metadata
- Stars (snapshot)
- 72,244
- Main language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Topics
- containers, docker, go, golang
- Category
- Infrastructure
- Last push
- 2026-11-05T00:49:03Z
Repository description from GitHub metadata: The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
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- Official repository
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