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Freemium

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

 Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

macOS Windows, 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
  • One installer sets up nerdctl, containerd, BuildKit and Lima
  • Familiar nerdctl-style commands
  • macOS only
  • Commercial use requires a paid licence
  • Does not implement every upstream nerdctl command
  • Not intended for production or multi-tenant workloads
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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