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Docker Compose vs Katacontainers: What are the differences?

Developers describe Docker Compose as "Define and run multi-container applications with Docker". 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. On the other hand, Katacontainers is detailed as "Open source project delivering the security of VMs with the speed of containers". It is an open source container runtime, building lightweight virtual machines that seamlessly plug into the containers ecosystem.

Docker Compose and Katacontainers can be primarily classified as "Container" tools.

Docker Compose is an open source tool with 20.3K GitHub stars and 3.29K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Docker Compose's open source repository on GitHub.

Pros of Docker Compose

Pros of Katacontainers

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Multi-container descriptor
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Fast development environment setup
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Easy linking of containers
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Simple yaml configuration
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Easy setup
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Yml or yaml format
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Use Standard Docker API
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Open source
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Can choose Discovery Backend
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Go from template to application in minutes
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Scalable
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Easy configuration
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Kubernetes integration
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Quick and easy

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Cons of Docker Compose

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Tied to single machine
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Still very volatile, changing syntax often

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What is 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.

What is Katacontainers?

It is an open source container runtime, building lightweight virtual machines that seamlessly plug into the containers ecosystem.

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What are some alternatives to Docker Compose and Katacontainers?

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.

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 Swarm

Swarm serves the standard Docker API, so any tool which already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to transparently scale to multiple hosts: Dokku, Compose, Krane, Deis, DockerUI, Shipyard, Drone, Jenkins... and, of course, the Docker client itself.

Helm

Helm is the best way to find, share, and use software built for Kubernetes.

Ansible

Ansible is an IT automation tool. It can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. Ansible’s goals are foremost those of simplicity and maximum ease of use.

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