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Docker Desktop Licensing: What Now?

Posted on by Nithin Mohan TK 1 min read

Docker changed its licensing: Docker Desktop is now paid for companies with 250+ employees or $10M+ revenue. This shook the developer world.”””

Alternatives

  • **Rancher Desktop**: Free, uses containerd or dockerd, runs on Lima (macOS) or WSL2 (Windows).
  • **Podman Desktop**: Daemonless, rootless, open-source.
  • **Colima (macOS)**: Lightweight alternative using Lima.

Rancher Desktop Setup

# Install via winget
winget install suse.RancherDesktop

# Switch context
kubectl config use-context rancher-desktop

Key Takeaways

  • For startups/individuals, Docker Desktop remains free.
  • Evaluate Podman or Rancher if licensing is a concern.

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