Container Desktop
Dev tools
container management gui
SHOW HN2024
464points
200comments
#77of 3,515 in 2024
Top 3%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, easy UI and good UX for a Podman GUI
From 1 comment
Kubernetes is planned - my devops wants me to add it badly! Author note - Most of you guys here are power users, for whom UI is a visual poem that you need or not. This is not a…
istoica on HN
Objections
Kubernetes support is missing
From 2 comments
Looks cool, but how is the Kubernetes support? One of the major reasons we use Docker Desktop at work is to host a local Kubernetes cluster with services deployed there. We also…
koito17 on HNcolima + docker CLI goes a long way. $ colima start $ docker context use colima And that's it. And Kubernestes? No thank you, life is already hard as is.
wg0 on HN
Buggy with poor error messages and weak help
From 1 comment
It's not fully baked. Sigh - Buggy as heck with bad error messages. - Bad UX with inadequate help. - Requires extra tweaking and installing more stuff to get going, which defeats…
hi-v-rocknroll on HN
Mac app crashes on launch with a TypeError
From 1 comment
Nice! Unfortunately I got this error upon opening the Mac app: ``` Uncaught Exception: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'setImage') at NativeTheme.<anonymous>…
nerdponx on HN
Electron app is heavy
From 1 comment
Is another crap electron app?
delduca on HN
Requests
Kubernetes integration
From 2 comments
Looks cool, but how is the Kubernetes support? One of the major reasons we use Docker Desktop at work is to host a local Kubernetes cluster with services deployed there. We also…
koito17 on HNKubernetes is planned - my devops wants me to add it badly! Author note - Most of you guys here are power users, for whom UI is a visual poem that you need or not. This is not a…
istoica on HN
VSCode devcontainers support
From 1 comment
Does it support VSCode Devcontainers? That's the only reason I haven't been able to switch to an alternative.
Apreche on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Podman Desktop
From 2 comments
what does this offer that podman desktop does not? https://podman-desktop.io/
dmonitor on HNhow is this different from the usual podman client ?
dzonga on HN
Does it support Ubuntu 24.04
From 1 comment
Is Ubuntu 24.04 supported? (Docker Desktop doesn't support 24.04 currently)
ademup on HN
Alternatives named
OrbStack
From 3 comments
If you’re on macOS, then Orbstack is a nice alternative to Docker Desktop (I’m not affiliated with Orbstack)
hnlmorg on HNI've really enjoyed using Orbstack: https://orbstack.dev/ it also has support for Linux VMs and kubernetes (although i haven't tried that yet)
achristmascarl on HN+1 for OrbStack.
delduca on HN
Rancher Desktop
From 2 comments
I've been using Rancher Desktop as an alternative to Docker Desktop, https://rancherdesktop.io/ on macOS and Windows, it's pretty solid. It has some kinks to work out but I got…
moondowner on HNMy team switched our medium sized org over to Rancher Desktop with no major issues after about 10 months. We don't need kubernetes though.
jlos on HN
Podman Desktop
From 2 comments
I would also encourage people to look at Podman desktop which has pretty good support from Red Hat. https://podman-desktop.io/
jpace121 on HNwhat does this offer that podman desktop does not? https://podman-desktop.io/
dmonitor on HN
Colima
From 2 comments
colima + docker CLI goes a long way. $ colima start $ docker context use colima And that's it. And Kubernestes? No thank you, life is already hard as is.
wg0 on HNColima offers the best experience for docker alternative. LIMA offers the equivalent of WSL, where both docker and podman are supported. I like LIMA a lot as I deal with both,…
istoica on HN
lazydocker
From 1 comment
For none gui, lazydocker is perfect
v3ss0n on HN