What is Colima?
It provides container runtimes on macOS with minimal setup. The current version is in usable alpha state and provides Docker and Kubernetes using Docker runtime. It requires Lima and Docker client (and kubectl if Kubernetes will be enabled).
Colima is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Port forwarding are automatic and accessible on the macOS hostIt assumes to be the default Docker context and will conflict with Docker for Mac. You should run either, not both
Colima Pros & Cons
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Colima Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Colima?
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 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.
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.
