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Freemium

Free for personal use. Commercial use requires a paid licence.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

macOS macOS, Command line
  • Starts in seconds and uses far less memory and battery than Docker Desktop
  • Runs full Linux machines alongside containers with host networking integration
  • Uses OCI-compatible images and is optimized for Apple silicon.
  • macOS only
  • Commercial use requires a paid licence
  • Requires a supported Apple silicon Mac and macOS release.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
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Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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