Top 15 Docker Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

Docker containers can encapsulate any payload, and will run consistently on and between virtually any server. The same container that a developer builds and tests on a laptop will run at scale, in production*, on VMs, bare-metal servers, OpenStack clusters, public instances, or combinations of the above.

1. Fig

Fig Fast, isolated development environments using Docker.......

2. Docker Swarm

Docker Swarm Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to transparently scale to......

3. Deis

Deis Deis is an open source PaaS that leverages Docker, CoreOS and Heroku Buildpacks to provide a private application platform that is lightweight and flexible.......

4. Apache Mesos

Apache Mesos Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.......

5. Kubernetes

Kubernetes Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions. Using the concepts of "labels" and "pods", it groups the containers which make up an application into logical......

6. SmartOS

SmartOS SmartOS is a specialized Type 1 Hypervisor platform based on Illumos. It supports two types of virtualization: OS Virtual Machines (Zones): A light-weight virtualization solution offering a complete and secure userland environment on a single global kernel, offering true bare metal performance and all the features Illumos has, namely dynamic......

7. QEMU

QEMU QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.QEMU is a hosted virtual machine monitor: It emulates central processing units through dynamic binary translation and provides a set of device models, enabling it to run a variety of unmodified guest operating systems. It......

8. VMware Player

VMware Player Run and EDIT (new in version 3.0) virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC with VMware Player. With this free desktop virtualization software application you can operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX, as well as Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines......

9. qube-os

qube-os qube-os is a Cloud Computing Operating System.it completely web based.for users qube-os is a free online computer accessible from any device and any browsers.offers 3GB free WebDAV online storage, file sharing, office, calendar, contacts, email client and much more.a virtual computer on the Internet by creating a network with all......

10. Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Microsoft Hyper-V Server Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2008 R2 is a stand-alone product that provides a reliable and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. With the addition of new features such as live migration and expanded processor and memory support for host systems, it allows organizations to consolidate......

11. Citrix XenServer

Citrix XenServer XenServer is a turnkey open source virtualization solution that provides out-of-the box virtualization and cloud computing. XenServer includes the Xen Hypervisor, the enterprise ready XAPI toolstack and integrations for cloud, storage and networking solutions.......

12. Panamax

Panamax Panamax is a containerized app creator with an open-source app marketplace hosted in GitHub. Panamax provides a friendly interface for users of Docker, Fleet & CoreOS. With Panamax, you can easily create, share and deploy any no matter how complex it might be.......

13. clearVM

clearVM clearVM, formerly Witsbits, enables you to set up your servers with virtualization and deploy virtual machines faster than ever before. It’s a complete virtualization solution with a self-upgrading hypervisor and cloud-based centralized management, reducing time spent on maintenance to a fraction of what other solutions require. The self-configuring hypervisor comes......

14. VMware Server

VMware Server DISCONTINUED. In January 2010, VMware announced the End of Support for VMware Server with support ending on June 30, 2011. Users are free to continue using VMware Server but are recommended to migrate to another VMware offering to gain the benefits of newer technologies. VMware Server is a hosted virtualization......

15. Point Linux

Point Linux Point Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to combine the power of Debian GNU/Linux with the productivity of MATE , the Gnome 2 desktop environment fork. Point Linux provides an easy to set up and use distribution for users, looking for a fast, stable and predictable......