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# [NAME](#NAME)

docker-version - Show the Docker version information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**docker version \[OPTIONS]**

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The version command prints the current version number for all independently versioned Docker components.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

# [Display Docker version information](#Display_Docker_version_information)

The default output renders all version information divided into two sections; the "Client" section contains information about the Docker CLI and client components, and the "Server" section contains information about the Docker Engine and components used by the Engine, such as the "Containerd" and "Runc" OCI Runtimes.

The information shown may differ depending on how you installed Docker and what components are in use. The following example shows the output on a macOS machine running Docker Desktop:

```
$ docker version
Client: Docker Engine - Community


 Version:           28.5.1


 API version:       1.51


 Go version:        go1.24.8


 Git commit:        e180ab8


 Built:             Wed Oct  8 12:16:17 2025


 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64


 Context:           desktop-linux
Server: Docker Desktop 4.49.0 (12345)


 Engine:


  Version:          28.5.1


  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)


  Go version:       go1.24.8


  Git commit:       f8215cc


  Built:            Wed Oct  8 12:18:25 2025


  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64


  Experimental:     false


 containerd:


  Version:          1.7.27


  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da


 runc:


  Version:          1.2.5


  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef


 docker-init:


  Version:          0.19.0


  GitCommit:        de40ad0
```

Get server version:

```
$ docker version --format '{{.Server.Version}}'
28.5.1
```

Dump raw data:

To view all available fields, you can use the format **{{json .}}**.

```
$ docker version --format '{{json .}}'
{"Client":"Version":"28.5.1","ApiVersion":"1.51", ...}
```

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-f**, **--format**="" Format output using a custom template: 'json': Print in JSON format 'TEMPLATE': Print output using the given Go template. Refer to https://docs.docker.com/go/formatting/ for more information about formatting output with templates

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**docker(1)**](/man/os/docker-cli/docker.1)

Sep 2026 Docker Community

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Document: docker-version(1) from docker-cli 29.8.1-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/docker/cli