DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals DOCKER(1) NAME docker-load - Load an image from a tar archive or STDIN SYNOPSIS docker load [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION Alias for docker image load. OPTIONS -i, --input="" Read from tar archive file, instead of STDIN --platform=[] Load only the given platform(s). Formatted as a comma- separated list of "os[/arch[/variant]]" (e.g., "linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8"). -q, --quiet[=false] Suppress the load output SEE ALSO docker(1) Docker Community Apr 2026 DOCKER(1)