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Moby
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An open framework to assemble specialized container systems without reinventing the wheel.

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What is Moby?

Moby is an open framework created by Docker to assemble specialized container systems without reinventing the wheel. It provides a “lego set” of dozens of standard components and a framework for assembling them into custom platforms. At the core of Moby is a framework to assemble specialized container systems which provides:

Components

A library of containerized components for all vital aspects of a container system: OS, container runtime, orchestration, infrastructure management, networking, storage, security, build, image distribution, etc.

Tools

Tools to assemble the components into runnable artifacts for a variety of platforms and architectures: bare metal (both x86 and Arm); executables for Linux, Mac and Windows; VM images for popular cloud and virtualization providers.

Assemblies

A set of reference assemblies which can be used as-is, modified, or used as inspiration to create your own. All Moby components are containers, so creating new components is as easy as building a new OCI-compatible container.

Moby uses containerd as the default container runtime.

  • Hackers who want to customize or patch their Docker build
  • System engineers or integrators building a container system
  • Infrastructure providers looking to adapt existing container systems to their environment
  • Container enthusiasts who want to experiment with the latest container tech
  • Open-source developers looking to test their project in a variety of different systems
  • Anyone curious about Docker internals and how it’s built
  • Application developers looking for an easy way to run their applications in containers. We recommend Docker CE instead.
  • Enterprise IT and development teams looking for a ready-to-use, commercially supported container platform. We recommend Mirantis Container Runtime instead.
  • Anyone curious about containers and looking for an easy way to learn. We recommend the docker.com website instead