# Founders > Dockware is built and maintained by [dasistweb](https://dasistweb.de), a Shopware partner since 2012 (currently at Gold level) and co-developer of Shopware 6 since 2018. We've been shipping Shopware projects for 14+ years. Dockware is the dev setup we built for ourselves first, then for the community. *** ## The People Behind Dockware ### Martin Weinmayr **Founder, Developer, CEO of dasistweb GmbH** Martin wrote the first version of Dockware. He shaped the architecture and solved most of the hard problems along the way. The reason Dockware "just works" for so many Shopware devs is usually that Martin already had a strong opinion on how it should work, long before the first Docker image was pushed. He still writes code in the core of Dockware today. He also runs [dasistweb](https://dasistweb.de), the [Shopware agency](https://dasistweb.de/technologien/shopware) behind the project. Long-time Shopware developer, Shopware 6 co-developer since 2018. * LinkedIn: [martin-weinmayr](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-weinmayr/) > "We built Dockware because spinning up a fresh Shopware environment on a Monday morning shouldn't cost you two coffees and your good mood." *** ### Christian Dangl **Founder, Core Contributor** Christian is a well-known name in the Shopware community. Conference speaker, PHP developer, and a solid contributor to Dockware v2. If you've opened an issue on GitHub in the last couple of years, there's a good chance you've talked to him. * GitHub: [boxblinkracer](https://github.com/boxblinkracer) * LinkedIn: [cdangl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdangl/) *** ## Why Dockware Exists Before Dockware, every new Shopware developer we onboarded lost two or three days on environment setup. Wrong PHP version, broken permissions, MySQL not talking to Elasticsearch, that one colleague's laptop where it "just works" for reasons nobody can explain. We got tired of it. So we built our own Docker images. Opinionated, pre-installed with demo data, versioned per Shopware release. First just for us. Then the Shopware community asked us to open-source it. So we did. Today Dockware is used by freelancers, agencies, and in-house dev teams across the Shopware ecosystem. It stays free, open, and actively maintained because we use it ourselves, every day, on real client projects. *** ## Built and Maintained by dasistweb Dockware is a product of [**dasistweb GmbH**](https://dasistweb.de), based in Kolbermoor near Munich. We're a team of 25+ specialists, 80 percent on senior level, with an average team tenure of 6+ years. **What we do at dasistweb:** * [E-commerce platforms](https://dasistweb.de/leistungen) on Shopware, Shopify and commercetools * [B2B Commerce](https://dasistweb.de/leistungen/b2b-commerce) with pricing logic, approval flows, and portals * [Replatforming & migration](https://dasistweb.de/leistungen/replatforming), including Shopware 5 to 6 * [Custom plugin development](https://dasistweb.de/leistungen/plugin-entwicklung) for shops and providers * APIs, integrations, and data architecture behind it all **Our Shopware track record:** * [Shopware partner](https://dasistweb.de/technologien/shopware) since 2012, worked our way up through every partnership tier, currently on Gold level * Shopware 6 co-developer since 2018 * 56+ Shopware platform certifications * GMV range of our clients: 5 to 150 million EUR If you need help with a real Shopware setup, a migration, a custom integration, or a full rebuild: that's what we do every day. [Get in touch](https://dasistweb.de/kontakt). *** ## Get in Touch * **Bug or feature request:** open an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/dockware) * **Community chat:** our [Slack channel](https://slack.com/app_redirect?channel=C014X8HE8U8) * **Docker images:** [hub.docker.com/u/dockware](https://hub.docker.com/u/dockware) * **Commercial Shopware help:** [dasistweb.de/kontakt](https://dasistweb.de/kontakt) *** *Dockware is free and open-source software, maintained by* [*dasistweb GmbH*](https://dasistweb.de/ueber-uns/team)*, a* [*Shopware agency*](https://dasistweb.de/technologien/shopware) *based in Kolbermoor, Germany.* --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.dockware.io/about/founders.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.