Sharing Docker Extensions with a URL

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---
title: Share your extension
description: Share your extension with a share link
keywords: Docker, extensions, share
aliases: 
 - /desktop/extensions-sdk/extensions/share/
weight: 40
---

Once your extension image is accessible on Docker Hub, anyone with access to the image can install the extension.

People can install your extension by typing `docker extension install my/awesome-extension:latest` in to the terminal.

However, this option doesn't provide a preview of the extension before it's installed.

## Create a share URL

Docker lets you share your extensions using a URL.

When people navigate to this URL, it opens Docker Desktop and displays a preview of your extension in the same way as an extension in the Marketplace. From the preview, users can then select **Install**.

Title: Sharing Docker Extensions with a URL

Summary

This section describes how to share Docker extensions using a URL. Sharing via URL allows users to preview the extension in Docker Desktop before installing it, similar to the Marketplace, offering a better user experience compared to installing directly from the command line.