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Kitematic

The easiest way to start using Docker on your Mac
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What is Kitematic?

Simple Docker App management for Mac OS X
Kitematic is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Kitematic is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Kitematic's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Kitematic?

Companies
8 companies reportedly use Kitematic in their tech stacks, including Docker, Finance Active, and Car Throttle.

Developers
60 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Kitematic.

Kitematic Integrations

Pros of Kitematic
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I like it because it sucks
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No command line, Docker in one app, gui, easy to set up
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Good for first timer
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Easy to get started

Kitematic's Features

  • Mac App with GUI for Docker
  • Create images from any folder with a Dockerfile in it
  • Configure environment variables
  • Check App logs
  • Easily terminal into apps
  • Restart apps

Kitematic Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Kitematic?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Portainer
It is a universal container management tool. It works with Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Swarm and Azure ACI. It allows you to manage containers without needing to know platform-specific code.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
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Kitematic's Followers
116 developers follow Kitematic to keep up with related blogs and decisions.