Yes, you can use Docker without Docker Desktop on your Mac!

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  • colima

    Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

    • Have you ever heard of Colima? https://github.com/abiosoft/colima

  • amazon-ecr-credential-helper

    Automatically gets credentials for Amazon ECR on docker push/docker pull

    • AWS ECR credential helper though..

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  • lima

    Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

    • I had to re-create lima docker for new mount point to take effect. But then hit this issue with permission denied https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/issues/231.

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