this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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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? ๐Ÿ‘€

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[โ€“] DolceTriade 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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...)

[โ€“] CodeBlooded 2 points 1 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.

[โ€“] cd_slash_rmrf 2 points 1 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

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

this will be paid products after beta, right?