Docker Desktop requirements

Run Linux containers locally with Docker Desktop. Virtualization and OS features are mandatory.

windows requirements

Operating system
Supported 64-bit Windows 10/11 release
Processor
Hardware virtualization must be enabled
Graphics
No dedicated GPU requirement
Memory
8 GB
Available storage
Not published
  • Docker Desktop requires hardware virtualization and a supported backend such as WSL 2.
  • Windows container support has edition-specific requirements; Linux containers work on more editions.

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macos requirements

Operating system
Current or one of the two previous major macOS releases
Processor
Supported Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
Graphics
No dedicated GPU requirement
Memory
4 GB
Available storage
Not published
  • Docker supports the current and two previous major macOS releases.
  • Rosetta 2 is recommended for some optional amd64 command-line tools on Apple Silicon.

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linux requirements

Operating system
Supported Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, or Fedora release with systemd; QEMU 5.2+
Processor
64-bit x86 CPU with virtualization and KVM support
Graphics
No dedicated GPU requirement
Memory
4 GB
Available storage
Not published
  • Docker Desktop for Linux requires KVM virtualization, a 64-bit kernel, QEMU 5.2+, systemd, and at least 4 GB RAM.
  • Docker also provides Docker Engine separately; this profile is specifically for Docker Desktop.

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