Ask HN: What alternatives to Docker Desktop are people using?

[prdonahue]

We're now a few years out from the Docker licensing fiasco. Who has successfully migrated their company to an alternative? What is working well and what's not?

[nacozarina]

I have been enjoying containerd & nerdctl on Debian for almost 2 years after being a docker user for ~7 years.

nerdctl uses the same syntax, all my compose.yml files still worked, been a very stable experience, have never considered going back

no comment on winders or macs options, never touch them for dev work

[prdonahue → nacozarina]

Nice, are you collaborating with developers at your company? Or is this more for personal use?

[mr_o47]

Checkout Orbstack Its available on MacOS

[ActorNightly]

If you are container based, Podman is probably the best bet.

[trcarney]

if you don't need the UI, colima works pretty well for mac

[jdboyd]

Podman and podman desktop here.

[satvikpendem]

Podman

[server_man3000]

Orbstack has not yet been enshittified yet

[colesantiago → server_man3000]

Honestly what does enshittified this mean in this case?

I can only assume it means “paid” because nobody I know pays for Orbstack or any of these docker tools.