github.com/tonistiigi/docker@v0.10.1-0.20240229224939-974013b0dc6a/libnetwork/README.md (about) 1 # libnetwork - networking for containers 2 3 Libnetwork provides a native Go implementation for connecting containers 4 5 The goal of libnetwork is to deliver a robust Container Network Model that provides a consistent programming interface and the required network abstractions for applications. 6 7 #### Design 8 Please refer to the [design](docs/design.md) for more information. 9 10 #### Using libnetwork 11 12 There are many networking solutions available to suit a broad range of use-cases. libnetwork uses a driver / plugin model to support all of these solutions while abstracting the complexity of the driver implementations by exposing a simple and consistent Network Model to users. 13 14 ## Contributing 15 16 Want to hack on libnetwork? [Docker's contributions guidelines](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) apply. 17 18 ## Copyright and license 19 Code and documentation copyright 2015 Docker, inc. Code released under the Apache 2.0 license. Docs released under Creative commons.