Well, you can avoid the Docker Desktop tax by not running Docker Desktop. colima is a perfectly usable implementation of Docker for macOS, without the bloat of Docker Desktop.

That said, colima still has the expensive VM that upthread is mentioning.

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TimTheTinker 5 days ago | parent [-]

OrbStack is great also

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noname120 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree, it’s so much better than Docker Desktop, Podman, and Colima. And not just by a small margin, it feels several orders of magnitude faster and more lightweight thanks to its WSL2-like architecture.

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CarlitosHighway 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

until they remove the free tier and raise prices, once their user base is sufficiently reliant on it.

	▲	TimTheTinker 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I had no idea they have a free tier. I've been paying for a couple of years and it's been so worth it.

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phinnaeus 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Postman Desktop too

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rawland 5 days ago | parent [-]

You mean Podman Desktop?

	▲	phinnaeus 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, thank you iOS autocorrect.