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+**Warning:** This readme is for the development version of docker-py, which is significantly different to the stable version. [Documentation for the stable version is here.](https://docker-py.readthedocs.io/)
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 A Python library for the Docker API. It lets you do anything the `docker` command does, but from within Python apps – run containers, manage containers, manage Swarms, etc.
 
 ## Installation