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description: Docker Desktop overview
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title: Docker Desktop overview
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> **Update to the Docker Desktop terms**
>
> Commercial use of Docker Desktop in larger enterprises (more than 250
> employees OR more than $10 million USD in annual revenue) now requires a paid
> subscription.
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Docker Desktop is an easy-to-install application for your Mac or Windows environment
that enables you to build and share containerized applications and microservices.

Docker Desktop includes:

- [Docker Engine](../engine/index.md)
- Docker CLI client
- [Docker Compose](../compose/index.md)
-[Docker Content Trust](../engine/security/trust/index.md)
- [Kubernetes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/)
- [Credential Helper](https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/).

Docker Desktop works with your choice of development tools and languages and
gives you access to a vast library of certified images and templates in
[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/). This enables development teams to extend
their environment to rapidly auto-build, continuously integrate, and collaborate
using a secure repository.

### Key features of Docker Desktop:

* Ability to containerize and share any application on any cloud platform, in multiple languages and frameworks
* Easy installation and setup of a complete Docker development environment
* Includes the latest version of Kubernetes
* Automatic updates to keep you up to date and secure
* On Windows, the ability to toggle between Linux and Windows Server environments to build applications
* Fast and reliable performance with native Windows Hyper-V virtualization
* Ability to work natively on Linux through WSL 2 on Windows machines
* Volume mounting for code and data, including file change notifications and easy access to running containers on the localhost network
* In-container development and debugging with supported IDEs

## Download and install

Docker Desktop is available for Mac, Linux, and Windows. For download information, system requirements, and installation instructions, see:


* [Install Docker Desktop on Linux](install/linux-install.md)
* [Install Docker Desktop on Mac](install/mac-install.md)
* [Install Docker Desktop on Windows](install/windows-install.md)

For information about Docker Desktop licensing, see [Docker Desktop License Agreement](../subscription/index.md#docker-desktop-license-agreement).

For information about new features, improvements, and bug fixes in Docker Desktop releases, see [Release notes](release-notes.md).