Docker desktop (Windows) alternatives?

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  1. Vagrant

    Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

    Vagrant? https://www.vagrantup.com/

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  3. genie

    A quick way into a systemd "bottle" for WSL

    What if you use https://github.com/arkane-systems/genie?

  4. nerdctl

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

  5. Moby

    The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

  6. rd

    Container Management and Kubernetes on the Desktop

    Rancher Desktop looks great, but unfortunately it can't run images, you can only manage them (build, pull, push etc.). (There is already a request for a docker compatible CLI though)[https://github.com/rancher-sandbox/rancher-desktop/issues/566].

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