Run docker and docker compose on macOS, backed by Apple's native container CLI. No Docker Desktop.
Fast, lean, open-source Docker Desktop alternative for Apple Silicon Macs.
Porthole is a native Windows desktop dashboard for WSL Containers.
Docker on Windows without Docker Desktop or WSL: a standalone container manager with its own tiny Linux machine. 4x less memory, local HTTPS for every container, no telemetry.
Docker & Linux VMs on Apple Silicon — free, open-source Docker Desktop alternative. ~8 MB native app, real dockerd, k3s/k8s machines, no Homebrew.
Native macOS GUI for Apple's container runtime. A lightweight Docker Desktop alternative for Apple Silicon: manage containers, images, volumes and logs with a modern SwiftUI interface. No Electron, ~4 MB, free.
A small, local GUI for Colima & Docker that's also an MCP server. Manage containers from a browser, or let your AI do it. Open-source Docker Desktop alternative; ~13 MB, macOS & Linux.
Run the upstream Docker Engine on Windows via WSL2 - the real Docker API, so Compose, Dev Containers and Testcontainers just work without any licence fees.
Container Desktop is a native SwiftUI app for Apple's container runtime. Run and inspect containers, images, volumes, networks, and machines — launch whole Compose stacks, watch live stats, and keep everything a click away in the menu bar.
Reclaim your resources. A minimalist, zero-bloat alternative to Docker Desktop for Windows.
A free Docker Desktop alternative for Windows, Apache-2.0. Preflight checks, an owned WSL2 distribution, a tray icon carrying the engine's state, and one window for containers, images and volumes. Per-user install, no admin prompt, no telemetry.
Lightweight on-demand Docker engine for Windows (WSL2): lazy start, idle shutdown, low RAM
Docker on macOS (Apple Silicon) with near-zero idle cost: a measured Lima + Virtualization.framework template. 0 idle disk writes, ~1% idle CPU, ~half the RAM held after load (init_on_free). Real Docker API for testcontainers/compose/werf. EN/RU analysis vs Apple container, OrbStack, Colima, LinuxKit.
Convert Docker commands and Compose files to wslc, the native WSL container runtime on Windows 11. CLI (PyPI + npm), MCP server, VS Code diagnostics.
Native macOS GUI for Docker & Kubernetes — built with SwiftUI. Bug reports & feature requests.
Docker Scout is a lightweight, self-hosted Docker management platform, built for developers working with microservice-heavy backend systems.
A fast, Linux-first desktop client for the Docker Engine API — a lightweight alternative to Docker Desktop.
A native macOS app for Colima. See your Compose stacks, containers, logs and disk use at a glance, with a menu bar status icon. Installs with Homebrew.
A free alternative to Orbstack, Docker Desktop and Portainer. An orchestrator for local/self-hosted apps and homelabs
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