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OrbStack
Traditional Docker containers and VMs are slow, resource-intensive, and complicated to manage on macOS.
Performance
- Lightning fast startup times
- Optimized networking and file sharing
- Smooth Rosetta x86 emulation
- Less than 0.1% background CPU usage
- Minimal memory consumption
Key Features
- Drop-in replacement for Docker Desktop
- Seamless container management
- Linux machine support
- Native Swift app
- Two-way CLI integration
- VS Code and SSH integration
- VPN-friendly networking
- IPv6 support
Development Experience
- Instant container startup
- Fast image building
- Easy debugging with volume access
- Compose and other tools included
- 15 Linux distros available
- Remote development support
System Integration
- Native menu bar app
- Command line tools
- File sharing between Mac and Linux
- SSH agent forwarding
- Local domain names
- Dynamic disk management
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