# Docker Init command without installing docker Desktop

**URL:** <https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [February 15, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847 "2024-02-15T08:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![fvsadem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/fvsadem/32/34135_2.png) [@fvsadem](https://forums.docker.com/u/fvsadem)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847/1 "2024-02-15T08:56:40Z")

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Hi,

I would like to use the cli docker init to initialize some projects but it seems that i can’t use this command.  
I don’t use docker desktop on ubuntu. I use have updated to the last release.

Is the init command only available to those who have installed docker desktop?

If not, how i could installed it ?

My versions :  
Docker: 25.0.3  
docker-compose: 1.27.4

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**Author:** ![rimelek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/rimelek/32/41602_2.png) [@rimelek](https://forums.docker.com/u/rimelek)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847/2 "2024-02-15T09:28:59Z")

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Yes, it is available only in Docker Desktop for now

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**Author:** ![fvsadem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/fvsadem/32/34135_2.png) [@fvsadem](https://forums.docker.com/u/fvsadem)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847/3 "2024-02-15T09:30:00Z")

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OK, any chance to have it without docker desktop ?

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**Author:** ![rimelek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/docker/user_avatar/forums.docker.com/rimelek/32/41602_2.png) [@rimelek](https://forums.docker.com/u/rimelek)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-init-command-without-installing-docker-desktop/139847/4 "2024-02-15T09:44:24Z")

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It is not opensource, so you can’t install it without Docker Desktop, but it is a docker cli plugin, so you can install Docker Desktop and Docker CE and switch back to the default context.

```auto
docker context use default

```

Docker Desktop doesn’t have to run to use the cli plugin.