Official Docker Hub image / neutral namespace for enterprise adoption

[littlejo]

Hi 👋

First of all, thanks for the amazing work on FrankenPHP!

I would like to raise a concern regarding Docker image distribution and enterprise adoption.

Problem

The official Docker image is currently published under:

dunglas/frankenphp

In many companies, using images from a personal namespace can be problematic due to:

• security policies (supply chain concerns)
• compliance requirements
• perception of single-maintainer ownership
• difficulty getting approval from security teams

Even if the project is well maintained, the namespace alone can be a blocker.

Suggestion

Would it be possible to:

• publish the image under a neutral namespace (e.g. frankenphp/frankenphp)
• or under an organization (e.g. php/frankenphp)
• or apply for Docker Hub Verified Publisher

Benefits

• easier adoption in enterprise environments
• improved trust and credibility
• reduced friction for security reviews
• clearer project ownership beyond a single maintainer

Additional context

FrankenPHP is already positioned as a production-ready runtime and is used in projects like Symfony Docker, so this change could significantly help broader adoption.

Thanks again for your work 🙏

[henderkes]

Hi, I understand the sentiment and agree it would be nice, I am however not sure if there's a path forward there. The "official" php namespace on Docker has actually no relation to the php foundation or maintainers. It's controlled by Docker community volunteers. I'll look at how to contact them.

[henderkes]

https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues

I suppose we could ask to add FrankenPHP here: https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues

But I'm not sure if that would be a good idea due to governance reasons. Currently we are able to update builds tags everywhere across the board (docker, homwbrew and my packages), if we placed the image under the php namespace we would no longer be able to.

[nickchomey]

There's an official process for transitioning maintainership to upstream (i.e. php foundation): https://github.com/docker-library/official-images?tab=readme-ov-file#maintainership