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## Extending Docker

Currently, you can extend Docker by adding a plugin. This section contains the following topics:

* [Understand Docker plugins](/extend/plugins.md)
* [Write a volume plugin](/extend/plugins_volume.md)
* [Write a network plugin](/extend/plugins_network.md)
* [Docker plugin API](/extend/plugin_api.md)