OrbStack is a fast, light, and simple way to run Docker containers and Linux machines on macOS. You can think of it as a supercharged WSL and Docker Desktop alternative, all in one easy-to-use app.

I just caught wind of this and have yet to try it. Does anyone here have any experience with OrbStack that they can speak to? 👀

  • @DolceTriade
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    21 year ago

    Looks cool. Shame it isn’t open source and they are not releasing the public commit history for their kernel modifications.

    I’d love to see a fully foss alternative to Docker Desktop (and podman isn’t really that quite yet…)

      • @DolceTriade
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        11 year ago

        Ohh, didn’t know that was a full docker desktop replacement. Thought it was a purely k8s thing. Will check it out.

  • @CodeBloodedOP
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    21 year ago

    I just tried it out today and wow- it starts up instantly. Now I’m curious to see the resource usage compared to Docker Desktop.

  • @cd_slash_rmrf
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    21 year ago

    neat! I’ve been using Colima for a while, so it’s cool to see they have a comparison in their FAQ .

    bit leery of it eventually switching to a paid model tho