dockur/windowsRun Windows inside a Docker container with KVM acceleration, automatic installation, and customizable resources. Supports multiple Windows versions, USB passthrough, and macvlan networking.
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Windows inside a Docker container.
services:
windows:
image: dockurr/windows
container_name: windows
environment:
VERSION: "11"
devices:
- /dev/kvm
- /dev/net/tun
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
ports:
- 8006:8006
- 3389:3389/tcp
- 3389:3389/udp
volumes:
- ./windows:/storage
restart: always
stop_grace_period: 2m
docker run -it --rm --name windows -e "VERSION=11" -p 8006:8006 --device=/dev/kvm --device=/dev/net/tun --cap-add NET_ADMIN -v "${PWD:-.}/windows:/storage" --stop-timeout 120 docker.io/dockurr/windows
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dockur/windows/refs/heads/master/kubernetes.yml
[!NOTE] Docker Desktop on Linux, macOS, and Windows 10 does not currently provide KVM access to containers and is therefore not supported.
Very simple! These are the steps:
Start the container and connect to port 8006 using your web browser.
Sit back and relax while the magic happens, the whole installation will be performed fully automatically.
Once you see the desktop, your Windows installation is ready for use.
Enjoy your brand new machine, and don't forget to star this repo!
By default, Windows 11 Pro will be installed. But you can add the VERSION environment variable to your compose file, in order to specify an alternative Windows version to be downloaded:
environment:
VERSION: "10"
Select from the values below:
| Value | Version | Size |
|---|---|---|
11 | Windows 11 Pro | 7.9 GB |
11l | Windows 11 LTSC | 4.7 GB |
11e | Windows 11 Enterprise | 6.6 GB |
10 | Windows 10 Pro | 5.7 GB |
10l | Windows 10 LTSC | 4.6 GB |
10e | Windows 10 Enterprise | 5.2 GB |
8e | Windows 8.1 Enterprise | 3.7 GB |
7u | Windows 7 Ultimate | 3.1 GB |
vu | Windows Vista Ultimate | 3.0 GB |
xp | Windows XP Professional | 0.6 GB |
2k | Windows 2000 Professional | 0.4 GB |
2025 | Windows Server 2025 | 7.6 GB |
2022 | Windows Server 2022 | 6.0 GB |
2019 | Windows Server 2019 | 5.3 GB |
2016 | Windows Server 2016 | 6.5 GB |
2012 | Windows Server 2012 | 4.3 GB |
2008 | Windows Server 2008 | 3.0 GB |
2003 | Windows Server 2003 | 0.6 GB |
[!TIP] To install ARM64 versions of Windows use dockur/windows-arm.
To change the storage location, include the following bind mount in your compose file:
volumes:
- ./windows:/storage
Replace the example path ./windows with the desired storage folder or named volume.
To expand the default size of 64 GB, add the DISK_SIZE setting to your compose file and set it to your preferred capacity:
environment:
DISK_SIZE: "256G"
[!TIP] This can also be used to resize an existing disk to a larger capacity without any data loss. However, you will need to manually extend the disk partition afterwards, since the added disk space will appear as unallocated.
After installation there will be a folder called Shared on your desktop, which can be used to exchange files with the host machine.
To select a folder on the host for this purpose, include the following bind mount in your compose file:
volumes:
- ./example:/shared
Replace the example path ./example with your desired shared folder, which then will become visible as Shared.
By default, Windows will be allowed to use 2 CPU cores and 4 GB of RAM.
If you want to adjust this, you can specify the desired amount using the following environment variables:
environment:
RAM_SIZE: "8G"
CPU_CORES: "4"
By default, a user called Docker is created and its password is admin.
If you want to set up different credentials during installation, you can configure them in your compose file:
environment:
USERNAME: "bill"
PASSWORD: "gates"
By default, the English version of Windows will be downloaded.
But you can add the LANGUAGE environment variable to your compose file, in order to specify an alternative language to be downloaded:
environment:
LANGUAGE: "French"
You can choose between: 🇦🇪 Arabic, 🇧🇬 Bulgarian, 🇨🇳 Chinese, 🇭🇷 Croatian, 🇨🇿 Czech, 🇩🇰 Danish, 🇳🇱 Dutch, 🇬🇧 English, 🇪🇪 Estonian, 🇫🇮 Finnish, 🇫🇷 French, 🇩🇪 German, 🇬🇷 Greek, 🇮🇱 Hebrew, 🇭🇺 Hungarian, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇯🇵 Japanese, 🇰🇷 Korean, 🇱🇻 Latvian, 🇱🇹 Lithuanian, 🇳🇴 Norwegian, 🇵🇱 Polish, 🇵🇹 Portuguese, 🇷🇴 Romanian, 🇷🇺 Russian, 🇷🇸 Serbian, 🇸🇰 Slovak, 🇸🇮 Slovenian, 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇸🇪 Swedish, 🇹🇭 Thai, 🇹🇷 Turkish and 🇺🇦 Ukrainian.
If you want to set up a keyboard layout or locale that is not the default for your selected language, you can add KEYBOARD and REGION variables like this:
environment:
REGION: "en-US"
KEYBOARD: "en-US"
In order to download an unsupported ISO image, specify its URL in the VERSION environment variable:
environment:
VERSION: "https://example.com/win.iso"
Alternatively, you can also skip the download and use a local file instead, by binding it in your compose file in this way:
volumes:
- ./example.iso:/custom.iso
Replace the example path ./example.iso with the filename of your desired ISO file. The value of VERSION will be ignored in this case.