<p>From <a href="https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/official_repos/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/official_repos/</a></p>

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  <p>Docker, Inc. sponsors a dedicated team that is responsible for reviewing and publishing all content in the official repositories. This team works in collaboration with upstream software maintainers, security experts, and the broader Docker community. While it is preferable to have upstream software authors maintaining their corresponding Official Repositories, this is not a strict requirement. </p>
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<p>Official community distros of well established open source software can be found in Docker Hub at the "special" place, the <em>library</em>, explicitely tagged as "official".</p>

<p><a href="https://hub.docker.com/u/library/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hub.docker.com/u/library/</a></p>

<p>How does it get there - by decision of Docker Inc., the company behind Docker, or is there some community application process?</p>

<p>For example, there is no such image for LaTeX.</p>

<p>Answers count referencing facts (no opinions).</p>

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What do we know about how open source software becomes eligible for the Docker Hub library?
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# What do we know about how open source software becomes eligible for the Docker Hub library?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-28)

Official community distros of well established open source software can be found in Docker Hub at the "special" place, the *library*, explicitely tagged as "official".

<https://hub.docker.com/u/library/>

How does it get there - by decision of Docker Inc., the company behind Docker, or is there some community application process?

For example, there is no such image for LaTeX.

Answers count referencing facts (no opinions).

**Tags:** docker, culture, open-source, images


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

From <https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/official_repos/>

> Docker, Inc. sponsors a dedicated team that is responsible for reviewing and publishing all content in the official repositories. This team works in collaboration with upstream software maintainers, security experts, and the broader Docker community. While it is preferable to have upstream software authors maintaining their corresponding Official Repositories, this is not a strict requirement.


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