Contributing to Docker

So, you want to help contribute to Docker? Do you have a great idea that you would like to see in Docker or one of its components? Let’s get you the information and tools that you need to do that. If you aren’t a programmer-type person, there are other ways you can help contribute as well. Docker has a massive audience, and another way you can help contribute is to help with supporting other users with their services.

Let’s learn how you can do that as well.

Contributing to the code

One of the biggest ways you can contribute to Docker is by helping with the Moby code, as this is the upstream project that Docker is based on.

Since Moby is open source, you can download the code to your local machine and work on new features and present them as pull requests back to Moby. They will then get reviewed on a regular basis, and if they feel what you have contributed should be in the service, they will approve the pull request. This can...