When was docker.com built?
Analyzed 30 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
December 1996
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that docker.com launched in December 1996 (71% confidence), with domain registration recorded in January 1995.
- Website age
- ~30 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- January 1995
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- December 1996
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between May and June 2024
- Possible major redesign
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
January 1995
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
June–December 1996
Between December 1996 and April 2008
Between April 2008 and April 2015
Between April 2015 and February 2019
Between February 2019 and December 2022
Between May and June 2024
October 2026
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage — it runs on WordPress. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- CMS
WordPresssince 2022, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Generator meta tag names WordPress
- Loads assets from /wp-content/ or /wp-includes/
- Advertises the WordPress REST API
- Link header advertises the WordPress REST API
- 100% detection confidence
- Tag manager
Google Tag Managersince 2022, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- GTM container script / ID
- 90% detection confidence
- Web server
Nginx, 90% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is nginx
- 90% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 19967 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: December 1996.
- Domain registered: January 1995 (23 months earlier).
January 1995
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
December 1996
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
April 2015
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
February 2019
Meta Pixel first seen
Meta Pixel appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
December 2022
WordPress first seen
WordPress appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
April 2025
Earliest publication date on the homepage
A publication date declared in the homepage's metadata.
Too recent to date the launchWebsite metadataView source
June 2026
Oldest page date in the sitemap
The oldest "last modified" date among 15 sitemap entries.
Too recent to date the launchXML sitemapView source
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
231 months of archived homepage copies; 14 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered January 1995 · Gandi SAS
- Registered
- 25 January 1995
- Registration expires
- 26 January 2027
- Registry record updated
- 13 January 2026
- Registrar
- Gandi SAS
- Nameservers
- ns-1289.awsdns-33.org, ns-1981.awsdns-55.co.uk, ns-207.awsdns-25.com, ns-568.awsdns-07.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.