# Getting Started

docker-dsl turns a Python module into a Dockerfile. You write stages and commands with `with` blocks and method calls, then render the module to text, once per configuration. One recipe produces every variant you need.


# Prerequisites

- Python 3.13 or newer
- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) (for the `uvx docker-dsl` command)


# Next step

[Write your first recipe](../../docs/getting-started/your-first-recipe.md) takes you from an empty file to a rendered Dockerfile in a few minutes. From there, the [Guide](../guide/) covers each task (multi-stage builds, BuildKit mounts, apt, and the run builder), and the [Reference](../reference/) documents every public symbol.