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packer-plugin-tart
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Tart – open source virtualization for Apple Silicon
There is Packer Tart Plugin which helps automate VM creation and can optimize VM's disk.
macpine
- Tiny Alpine VMs on macOS with instance encryption
- Lightweight Linux VMs on macOS
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Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac
I recommend having a look at [1] which allows you to run lightweight alpine VMs on MacOS with easy port forwarding, file sharing, and you can easily run docker inside of it and use docker context to target it.
[1] https://github.com/beringresearch/macpine
- Lightweight Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
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Lightweight Alpine VMs on macOS
I don't see the point of a dedicated tool for this when it is easy enough just to start a Alpine docker container with a couple commands. As this project is just a wrapper for docker and LXD[1] and those tools are already easy enough for the average SWE to interact with, the project seems to just over-complicate an already existing workflow.
[1] https://github.com/beringresearch/macpine#motivation
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LXD containers on macOS at near-native speeds
It uses almost same mounting tech as colima (9p)
Macpine: https://github.com/beringresearch/macpine/blob/71788e9c3c09c...
colima: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/7ebcf14a69158afa43b2...
So it seems that it has same performance as colima project as well.
As for IO performance, see this colima issue https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/issues/146#issuecomment-1...
What are some alternatives?
tart - macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon to use in CI and other automations
d2vm - Build Virtual Machine Image from Dockerfile or Docker image
orchard - Orchestrator for running Tart Virtual Machines on a cluster of Apple Silicon devices
lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
Vagrant - Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.
colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
packer-plugin-proxmox - Packer plugin for Proxmox Builder
vftool - A simple macOS Virtualisation.framework wrapper
artifacts - OCI Artifacts
devenv - Fast, Declarative, Reproducible, and Composable Developer Environments
vz - Create virtual machines and run Linux-based operating systems in Go using Apple Virtualization.framework.
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