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Is Docker CLI free of charge?

4 pointsby stpedgwdgfhgddover 1 year ago
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?

8 comments

h2odragonover 1 year ago
Even if it doesnt require money at the moment, I wouldn't count on it remaining that way.
fhaldridge7over 1 year ago
I've been using Rancher Desktop for a while on my mac and it works just as well as Docker desktop
stpedgwdgfhgddover 1 year ago
update: I moved to Podman (Docker convinced IT apparently that there is no free Docker for Mac anymore....)<p>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&#x27;t solve that problem
speedgooseover 1 year ago
Yes, the Docker engine and Docker cli are free. You can use Colima to easily setup a vm.
thiago_fmover 1 year ago
Just use podman, it works just as good
eyerisover 1 year ago
Yeah it is. Desktop is the gui. Heard lots of good things about Orbstack as the gui replacement.
yuppie_scumover 1 year ago
It’s free. Podman is a compatible alternative though.
oaf357over 1 year ago
For now...