Command-line tool

colima

brew/colima

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Container runtimes on MacOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install colima

Linux

brew install colima

Start the daemon in the background

colima start

Create a configuration file and use it

colima start --edit

Start and set up containerd (install `nerdctl` to use containerd via `nerdctl`)

colima start --runtime containerd

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• Docker and Kubernetes

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