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docker vs docker-compose: What are the differences?

Developers describe docker as "A Python library for the Docker Engine API". A Python library for the Docker Engine API. On the other hand, docker-compose is detailed as "Multi-container orchestration for Docker". Multi-container orchestration for Docker.

docker and docker-compose can be categorized as "PyPI Packages" tools.

docker and docker-compose are both open source tools. It seems that docker-compose with 21.9K GitHub stars and 3.64K forks on GitHub has more adoption than docker with 5.26K GitHub stars and 1.45K GitHub forks.

tribe29, AlternateCMS, and Mad Devs are some of the popular companies that use docker, whereas docker-compose is used by Sono Motors, Filmhub, and *. docker has a broader approval, being mentioned in *9 company stacks & 35 developers stacks; compared to docker-compose, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

docker Stats
  • Dependent Packages Counts - 281
docker-compose Stats
  • Dependent Packages Counts - 31
docker Release info
Latest version
7.1.0
Apache-2.0
docker-compose Release info
Latest version
2.29.1
Apache-2.0

What is docker?

A Python library for the Docker Engine API.

What is docker-compose?

Multi-container orchestration for Docker.

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