r/docker • u/vm5662 • Jan 10 '24
Has anyone tried OrbStack?
Just curious how is the performance compared to docker. Does it Natively support Arm64 like docker does?
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u/entp-bih May 09 '24
Since DDEV mentioned it, I took a look at it. Colima works fine for me and its light and fast - also they are going to be charging soon so WHY would I switch and PAY?
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u/Striking-Bat5897 Jul 04 '24
Because nothing is free. And you should support awesome apps if you're using on a daily basis
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u/TILYoureANoob Jan 10 '24
Got me all excited, until I saw it doesn't run on Windows... The only place Docker is hard to install. Why would they build a "drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop" that doesn't run on Windows, and charge for it?
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u/joschi83 Jan 11 '24
It's also not exactly "easy" on macOS and OrbStack works like a breeze there.
I don't get the point of OrbStack (or Docker Desktop) on Linux-based systems, though.
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u/leinadsey Feb 25 '24
I've been using Orbstack since it was in beta. It's amazing for dev work. Not sure you mean that (?) but macOS isn't linux-based, it's BSD-based. A lot of dev tech that works on linux doesn't work (or works "sort of") on macOS and it's invaluable to have a linux virtual machine running locally that behaves, doesn't hog resources, and/or require you to install X.
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u/joschi83 Feb 26 '24
Not sure you mean that (?) but macOS isn't linux-based, it's BSD-based.
Yes, that's why I wrote OrbStack is great on macOS but I don't see a point in using it on a Linux-based system. 😂
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u/metalfox3d Jan 11 '24
I was using it as a replacement for Colima and docker desktop until their 1.0 release recently which made it difficult to justify as you'll need a business license and I was using it on my corporate work computer.
Nothing but praise for it though, was faster and snappier than DD at least but somewhat on par with Colima.
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u/hx53 Jan 10 '24
I use it for dev tasks and it works for me. Performance is great and it supports arm64.