pods VS orbstack

Compare pods vs orbstack and see what are their differences.

pods

Keep track of your podman containers (by marhkb)

orbstack

Fast, light, simple Docker containers & Linux machines for macOS (by orbstack)
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pods orbstack
9 36
681 4,354
- 6.9%
9.2 6.2
2 days ago 5 months ago
Rust Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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pods

Posts with mentions or reviews of pods. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-03.

orbstack

Posts with mentions or reviews of orbstack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-22.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pods and orbstack you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

toolbox-tuner - Graphical application intended for use on Fedora Silverblue to manage containertoolbx.org containers.

silverblue-tools - Collection of scripts for silverblue related technologies

UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS

Atoms - Easily manage Linux Chroot(s) and Containers with Atoms.

multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

podman-api-rs - Rust interface to Podman (libpod).

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

container-selinux - SELinux policy files for Container Runtimes

Proxyman - Modern. Native. Delightful Web Debugging Proxy for macOS, iOS, and Android ⚡️