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? 👀
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.
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
this will be paid products after beta, right?
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…)
Rancher desktop?
Ohh, didn’t know that was a full docker desktop replacement. Thought it was a purely k8s thing. Will check it out.
