Dockerfile - Programming language

Dockerfile is an open source programming language created in 2013.

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340kRepos

Tags: programming language
There are at least 339,978 Dockerfile repos on GitHub
Early development of Dockerfile happened in Docker, Inc.
The Google BigQuery Public Dataset GitHub snapshot shows 20k users using Dockerfile in 26k repos on GitHub
Dockerfile LSP implementation
Monaco package for syntax highlighting Dockerfile
GitHub supports syntax highlighting for Dockerfile
209 PLDB concepts link to Dockerfile: Armed Bear Common Lisp, abs, Ace Editor, Alumina, Ante, Apache Hbase, ArkScript, arret, Apache Arrow, AsciiDots, AT Protocol, blz, Bun, C3, Carbon, carth, Catala, chisel, CIR, Claro, clash, Click, cloc, codecept, comby, CWL, Conan, Coq, CouchDB, crmsh, Cryptol, Cue, cuneiform, Dale, Dasel, Dasm, Deno, dexvis, dgraph, Differential Datalog, Docker, Dogescript, dub-pm, Eiffel, Elm, Elvish, Enso, Erlang, Euphoria, Eve, EYG, FaCT, fish, FlatBuffers, Flow, Flow9, flownote, F*, Gforth, gintonic, Gleam, Go, gogs-editor, Golo, gridstudio-editor, Gun, h, hacspec, hamler, HHVM, highlight.js, hobbes, Homebrew, hurl, Hush, Hy, Ibis, ImHex, Impala, infusion-framework, inko, invokator, Jakt, Jekyll, jq, Jsonnet, Jule, Julia, juvix, k-framework, KaTeX, ko, Koka, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Ladybird, lamdu-editor, Lamdu, latino, ldpl, lem-editor, Lesma, lift, Ligo, Lucid, Luna, m3db, mal, Manim, Markwhen, Mastodon, Mech, mermaid, Mesh Spreadsheet, mgmt, mimium, Mindsdb, mochi, Mojo, MongoDB, Nadesiko, neut, Nextflow, ngn/k, NGS, Nit, Node.js, noisecraft, noms-db, Nushell, oden, oil, Opa, opam-pm, OpenCV, Openverse, orange, orca, Oxyl, Pandas, Phel, PHP, Please Build, Pony, PowerShell, preforth, Project Mentat, PROMETHEUS, PRQL, Pygments, Python, PyTorch, Racket, Red, RetDec, Rholang, RicScript, Roc, Roslyn compiler, rpscript, Ruby, Rust, Rye, Savi, score, Scryer Prolog, SDMS, Seif, Seq, sile, skip, Slab, Semantic Patch Language, Solidity, souper, SQRL, Streem, SymPy, tea, TensorFlow, Terra, TestML, Textile, tibet, tiledb, tldraw, tornado, Triton, TypeScript, ultralisp-pm, unseemly, V, Vale, Vale, Vcpkg, Vimwiki, vyper, wasmer, Wasp, Wing, Xgboost, XGBoost, xodio, Ecstasy, Xtext, YAMP, Yggdrasil, Yes It Is, Zephir

Example from Linguist:

# This file describes the standard way to build Docker, using docker
docker-version 0.4.2
from	ubuntu:12.04
maintainer	Solomon Hykes <solomon@dotcloud.com>
# Build dependencies
run	apt-get install -y -q curl
run	apt-get install -y -q git
# Install Go
run	curl -s https://go.googlecode.com/files/go1.1.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz | tar -v -C /usr/local -xz
env	PATH	/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
env	GOPATH	/go
env	CGO_ENABLED 0
run	cd /tmp && echo 'package main' > t.go && go test -a -i -v
# Download dependencies
run	PKG=github.com/kr/pty REV=27435c699;		 git clone http://$PKG /go/src/$PKG && cd /go/src/$PKG && git checkout -f $REV
run	PKG=github.com/gorilla/context/ REV=708054d61e5; git clone http://$PKG /go/src/$PKG && cd /go/src/$PKG && git checkout -f $REV
run	PKG=github.com/gorilla/mux/ REV=9b36453141c;	 git clone http://$PKG /go/src/$PKG && cd /go/src/$PKG && git checkout -f $REV
# Run dependencies
run	apt-get install -y iptables
# lxc requires updating ubuntu sources
run	echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main universe' > /etc/apt/sources.list
run	apt-get update
run	apt-get install -y lxc
run	apt-get install -y aufs-tools
# Upload docker source
add	.       /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker
# Build the binary
run	cd /go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker/docker && go install -ldflags "-X main.GITCOMMIT '??' -d -w"
env	PATH	/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin
cmd	["docker"]

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