SEsercant·Dec 30, 2021Submission
Colima: Container runtimes on macOS with minimal setup
6 points · Open discussionabiosoft
colima
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abiosoft / colima
colima
Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
62Distinct people
79Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
31.6KGitHub stars
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What it is
Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
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Where it is used
No documented product use was verified in the last source check.
What people are saying
You might look into CoLima as a way to get started. https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers. For full desktop,…
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- lima-vm/lima · linked in 5 of the same discussions
- rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop · linked in 3 of the same discussions
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HN mentions by year79 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2021-12-30 03:57:06 UTC to 2026-05-07 21:48:25 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 25 | 7 | 18 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 26 | 3 | 23 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |