Top 5 Docker Alternatives for Software Developers in 2024

1. Vagrant

   1 126 26,765 9.5 Ruby

   Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

   

   Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. Developed by Hashicorp, it is used to replicate multiple virtual environments. It can efficiently run in all virtualized environments, providing the highest level of isolation to users.

2. Stream

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   Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

   

3. docker

   2 204 532 0.0 Go

   Discontinued Docker - the open-source application container engine (by microsoft)

   

   Docker is an open-source platform used by developers to build, deploy, run, update, and manage applications in containers. It helps decouple applications from the underlying infrastructure, enabling rapid and efficient development. It offers the ability to package and run applications in isolated environments called containers.

4. podman

   3 402 27,505 10.0 Go

   Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

   

   Podman is an open-source visualization tool developed by RedHat. It leverages the libpod library as a container lifecycle management tool. It is a daemonless container engine OCI management on Linux. It is primarily made for Linux but can run on Windows and Mac using virtual machines managed by Podman.

5. distrobuilder

   4 37 714 8.7 Go

   System container image builder for LXC and Incus

   

   Linux Container Daemon (LXD) is a container and virtual machine manager developed by Canonical. It provides flexibility by offering a single process for multiple containers. It connects to the Linux container library (LXC) using a REST API. It is an add-on to LXC, providing more features and functionalities.

6. kubernetes

   5 796 116,254 10.0 Go

   Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

   

   Kubernetes, also known as "K8s," is a container orchestration tool developed by Google. It is used to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Docker and Kubernetes can be combined for better container management.

7. containerd

   6 149 18,907 9.9 Go

   An open and reliable container runtime

   

   Containerd is a runtime tool used for managing image transfers and storage as well as managing OCI containers. It can be integrated with Docker but can also be used without Docker integration. By using runc, it can function as a standalone component.

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