# Docker Model Runner

> Docker Model Runner is an officially published AI tool from Docker. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/docker-model-runner
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Docker
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://docs.docker.com/ai/model-runner/
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/docker-model-runner

## Description

Docker Desktop local LLM runtime — serves OCI-packaged models via an unauthenticated OpenAI-compatible API on localhost:12434

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `docker-model-runner-plugin` — Docker Model CLI plugin (presence = Model Runner tooling installed)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model`
- `docker-model-runner-plugin-programfiles` — Docker CLI plugin in the Docker Desktop install dir (Windows)
    - win32: `${PROGRAMFILES}\Docker\Docker\resources\cli-plugins\docker-model.exe`
- `docker-model-runner-models-index` — Local model store index (models pulled via docker model)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.docker\models\models.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.docker/models/models.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.docker/models/models.json`

## Related AI tools

- [AdaL](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/adal) — risk 10 (low)
- [Agent Zero](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/agent-zero) — risk 10 (low)
- [Aide](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/aide) — risk 10 (low)
- [Aider](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/aider) — risk 10 (low)
- [AiderDesk](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/aider-desk) — risk 10 (low)
- [Amazon Q Developer](https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/amazon-q) — risk 10 (low)

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json