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Ask HN: What alternatives to Docker Desktop are people using?

3 points by prdonahue a month ago · 9 comments · 1 min read


We're now a few years out from the Docker licensing fiasco. Who has successfully migrated their company to an alternative? What is working well and what's not?

nacozarina a month ago

I have been enjoying containerd & nerdctl on Debian for almost 2 years after being a docker user for ~7 years.

nerdctl uses the same syntax, all my compose.yml files still worked, been a very stable experience, have never considered going back

no comment on winders or macs options, never touch them for dev work

  • prdonahueOP a month ago

    Nice, are you collaborating with developers at your company? Or is this more for personal use?

mr_o47 a month ago

Checkout Orbstack Its available on MacOS

ActorNightly 25 days ago

If you are container based, Podman is probably the best bet.

jdboyd a month ago

Podman and podman desktop here.

satvikpendem a month ago

Podman

trcarney 25 days ago

if you don't need the UI, colima works pretty well for mac

server_man3000 25 days ago

Orbstack has not yet been enshittified yet

  • colesantiago 25 days ago

    Honestly what does enshittified this mean in this case?

    I can only assume it means “paid” because nobody I know pays for Orbstack or any of these docker tools.

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