# Why does the docker image take so much space?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-docker-image-take-so-much-space/67190
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2017年七月31日 18:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-docker-image-take-so-much-space/67190 "2017-07-31T18:39:39Z")
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### Author: ![Chopper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chopper/32/57073_2.png) [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [2017年八月1日 08:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-docker-image-take-so-much-space/67190/4 "2017-08-01T08:17:17Z")

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This one ?

> [@Why does discourse take up so much disk space?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/2):
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> To answer the question in your title: Discourse takes up a lot of space because it’s significantly easier for everyone if we just ship a copy of everything above the kernel in one neat little package, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into whatever crazy setup people already have on their machine.

from [Why does discourse take up so much disk space? - #2 by mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/2)

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