The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
gimli
Posts with mentions or reviews of gimli.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-05.
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Those of you running a home cluster that is NOT comprised of RasPis, what hardware are you using?
https://gitlab.com/icecodesoftware/gimli/-/blob/master/docs/node-specs.md used rke to setup k8s
k3d
Posts with mentions or reviews of k3d.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-25.
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15 Options To Build A Kubernetes Playground (with Pros and Cons)
K3D: is a lightweight distribution of Kubernetes designed for resource-constrained environments. It is an excellent option for running Kubernetes on virtual machines or cloud servers.
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Why You Should Use k3d for Local Development. A Developer's Guide
k3d is a lightweight wrapper that makes running Kubernetes (specifically, the lightweight k3s distribution) in Docker straightforward and efficient. It's designed to provide developers with a quick and easy way to test Kubernetes without the overhead of setting up a full cluster.
- Turning my laptop into a one-node k8s-cluster?
- Single node K8S distribution for little production
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Distributing containers to run locally?
If you customer prefers to run the standard docker engine you could use k3d
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Unable to launch older version (v2.6.8) of Rancher
You don’t need to run Rancher from a Kubernetes cluster, the rancher/rancher image works fine with Docker (it uses k3d, aka « k3s in docker » : https://k3d.io/).
- Blog: KWOK: Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet
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Building a RESTful API With Functions
K3d and Skaffold for local development
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Local Kubernetes Playground Made Easy
If you are a developer and want to learn how to deploy applications to a cluster, getting a cluster up an running can be a daunting task in it's own rights. There are many ways to do it: spinning up local virtual machines and configuring from scratch or using tools like minikube, etc. You may not care for the pain of setting up and configuring a cluster, and if that is you, then the quickest way that I have found is using k3d.
- Despliega un clúster de Kubernetes en segundos con k3sup
What are some alternatives?
When comparing gimli and k3d you can also consider the following projects:
kubeinit - Ansible automation to have a KUBErnetes cluster INITialized as soon as possible...
kind - Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes
terraform-provider-proxmox - Terraform provider plugin for proxmox
lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
k0s - k0s - The Zero Friction Kubernetes
terraform-provider-libvirt - Terraform provider to provision infrastructure with Linux's KVM using libvirt
k3sup - bootstrap K3s over SSH in < 60s 🚀
k3s - Lightweight Kubernetes
microk8s - MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.
csi-driver-smb - This driver allows Kubernetes to access SMB Server on both Linux and Windows nodes.