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https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
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Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima
- Owner: lima-vm
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2021-05-14T07:30:56.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-10-29T11:56:16.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T13:34:51.355Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: containerd, macos, qemu, vm
- Language: Go
- Homepage: https://lima-vm.io/
- Size: 10.1 MB
- Stars: 15,207
- Watchers: 80
- Forks: 597
- Open Issues: 309
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
- Roadmap: ROADMAP.md
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README
[[🌎**Web site**]](https://lima-vm.io/)
[[📖**Documentation**]](https://lima-vm.io/docs/)
[[👤**Slack (`#lima`)**]](https://slack.cncf.io)
# Lima: Linux Machines
[](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/6505)
[](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/lima-vm/lima)
[Lima](https://lima-vm.io/) launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2).
The original goal of Lima was to promote [containerd](https://containerd.io) including [nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl)](https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl)
to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well.
Lima also supports other container engines (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.) and non-macOS hosts (Linux, NetBSD, etc.).
## Getting started
Set up (on macOS):
```bash
brew install lima
limactl start
```
To run Linux commands:
```bash
lima sudo apt-get install -y neofetch
lima neofetch
```
To run containers with containerd:
```bash
lima nerdctl run --rm hello-world
```
To run containers with Docker:
```bash
limactl start template://docker
export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list docker --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock')
docker run --rm hello-world
```
To run containers with Kubernetes:
```bash
limactl start template://k8s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k8s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl apply -f ...
```
See for the further information.
## Community
### Adopters
Container environments:
- [Rancher Desktop](https://rancherdesktop.io/): Kubernetes and container management to the desktop
- [Colima](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima): Docker (and Kubernetes) on macOS with minimal setup
- [Finch](https://github.com/runfinch/finch): Finch is a command line client for local container development
- [Podman Desktop](https://podman-desktop.io/): Podman Desktop GUI has a plug-in for Lima virtual machines
GUI:
- [Lima xbar plugin](https://github.com/unixorn/lima-xbar-plugin): [xbar](https://xbarapp.com/) plugin to start/stop VMs from the menu bar and see their running status.
- [lima-gui](https://github.com/afbjorklund/lima-gui): Qt GUI for Lima
### Communication channels
- [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/discussions)
- `#lima` channel in the CNCF Slack
- New account:
- Login:
### Code of Conduct
Lima follows the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
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**We are a [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io/) sandbox project.**
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