I was under the impression that Docker Desktop is paid (5+) users, but Docker CLI free of charge on Mac. You need the daemon to run images.
The documentation is not clear; it says that Docker Engine is open source, but not whether it is paid or not. Thoughts?
by h2odragon on 10/23/23, 10:43 AM
Even if it doesnt require money at the moment, I wouldn't count on it remaining that way.
by fhaldridge7 on 10/23/23, 2:59 PM
I've been using Rancher Desktop for a while on my mac and it works just as well as Docker desktop
by stpedgwdgfhgdd on 10/30/23, 3:15 PM
update: I moved to Podman (Docker convinced IT apparently that there is no free Docker for Mac anymore....)
Anyway, the change is not completely trivial. You can create an alias for docker, but some shell scripts refer to docker and an alias doesn't solve that problem
by speedgoose on 10/23/23, 3:46 PM
Yes, the Docker engine and Docker cli are free. You can use Colima to easily setup a vm.
by thiago_fm on 10/23/23, 1:43 PM
Just use podman, it works just as good
by eyeris on 10/23/23, 9:31 PM
Yeah it is. Desktop is the gui. Heard lots of good things about Orbstack as the gui replacement.
by yuppie_scum on 10/23/23, 11:44 AM
It’s free. Podman is a compatible alternative though.
by oaf357 on 10/24/23, 10:06 AM
For now...