lima VS multipass

Compare lima vs multipass and see what are their differences.

lima

Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers (by lima-vm)
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lima multipass
105 128
13,806 7,204
2.4% 2.6%
9.7 9.9
6 days ago 6 days ago
Go C++
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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lima

Posts with mentions or reviews of lima. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

multipass

Posts with mentions or reviews of multipass. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-25.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lima and multipass you can also consider the following projects:

colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

Docker-OSX - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers.

UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

minikube - Run Kubernetes locally

nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

rancher - Complete container management platform

wsl-environments

Podman Desktop - Podman Desktop - A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes

podman-desktop - launch and setup vms for podman

macos-virtualbox - Push-button installer of macOS Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra guests in Virtualbox on x86 CPUs for Windows, Linux, and macOS