Run Open Source AI Models with Docker Model Runner

Introduction If you've spent any time in software development , cloud engineering, or microservices architecture, the name Docker needs no introduction. But for those newer to the ecosystem, here's the short version. Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications . Its core idea is elegant: separate your application from the underlying infrastructure so you can build fast, test consistently, and deploy confidently. By standardizing how code is packaged and delivered, Docker dramatically shrinks the gap between "it works on my machine" and "it works in production." What is Docker Desktop? Docker Desktop takes everything Docker offers and wraps it into a single, batteries-included application for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It bundles the Docker Engine, CLI, Docker Compose , Kubernetes , and a visual dashboard giving developers a complete container workflow without ever touching low level OS configuration. Over the years, Docker Desktop has become the de fac