Lima

Linux virtual machines for macOS with automatic file sharing

About Lima

A tool for launching Linux virtual machines on macOS with automatic file sharing, port forwarding and containerd integration, providing a foundation used by colima, Rancher Desktop and other local stacks. It is free and open source, so teams can self-host it, inspect the code and adapt it to their own infrastructure without licence fees or vendor lock-in.

Lima key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Free — listed in this directory as a free tool, with no paid plan required to use it.
Focus areas: virtual machines, linux, macos, containers
Official site: lima-vm.io

About the Developer Tools category

Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Lima, it includes kind, cert-manager, External Secrets Operator, Popeye.

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