Docker Swarm

Native clustering and orchestration solution for Docker containers that turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single virtual host. Docker Swarm enables deploying applications across multiple machines and provides high availability and load balancing for containerized workloads.

Docker Swarm is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Clustering, Container Orchestration, DevOps, and Docker.

Docker Swarm’s developer surface includes documentation and 1 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

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ClusteringContainer OrchestrationDevOpsDocker

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Source (apis.yml)

aid: docker-swarm
name: Docker Swarm
description: Native clustering and orchestration solution for Docker containers that turns a pool of Docker hosts into a single
  virtual host. Docker Swarm enables deploying applications across multiple machines and provides high availability and load
  balancing for containerized workloads.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/docker-swarm.png
tags:
- Clustering
- Container Orchestration
- DevOps
- Docker
url: https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis: []
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.docker.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com