Docker Compose vs RancherOS

Overview

RancherOS

Stacks104

Followers158

Votes3

GitHub Stars6.4K

Forks654

Docker Compose

Stacks22.3K

Followers16.5K

Votes501

GitHub Stars36.4K

Forks5.5K

Docker Compose vs RancherOS: What are the differences?

Docker Compose: 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; RancherOS: Fast, ultra-lightweight container OS. It makes it simple to run containers at scale in development, test and production. By containerizing system services and leveraging Docker for management, the operating system provides a very reliable and easy to manage containers.

Docker Compose can be classified as a tool in the "Container Tools" category, while RancherOS is grouped under "Operating Systems".

Docker Compose and RancherOS are both open source tools. Docker Compose with 17.2K GitHub stars and 2.67K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than RancherOS with 5.5K GitHub stars and 555 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, Docker Compose has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1108 company stacks & 3455 developers stacks; compared to RancherOS, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

RancherOS	Docker Compose
It makes it simple to run containers at scale in development, test and production. By containerizing system services and leveraging Docker for management, the operating system provides a very reliable and easy to manage containers.	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.
Lightweight; Rancher Integration; Kuberenetes Integration;Minimalist OS;Comprehensive System Services;Improved Security	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars 6.4K	GitHub Stars 36.4K
GitHub Forks 654	GitHub Forks 5.5K
Stacks 104	Stacks 22.3K
Followers 158	Followers 16.5K
Votes 3	Votes 501
Pros & Cons
Pros 3 System-docker	Pros 123 Multi-container descriptor 110 Fast development environment setup 79 Easy linking of containers 68 Simple yaml configuration 60 Easy setup Cons 9 Tied to single machine 5 Still very volatile, changing syntax often
Integrations
Linux Docker Rancher Kubernetes	Docker

What are some alternatives to RancherOS, Docker Compose?

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.

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.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.

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.

Tutum

Tutum lets developers easily manage and run lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers from any application. AWS-like control, Heroku-like ease. The same container that a developer builds and tests on a laptop can run at scale in Tutum.

Debian

Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.

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.

Arch Linux

A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.

Fedora

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that provides users with access to the latest free and open source software, in a stable, secure and easy to manage form. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system.