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Colima

Container runtimes on macOS and Linux

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What is Colima?

Open-source container runtime supporting Docker, Containerd, Kubernetes, and Incus on macOS and Linux.

Independently observed

Colima pricing

We don't have Colima's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Colima does

The capabilities that matter for container orchestration tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Orchestration scope
Kubernetes
Deployment
Hosting
Self-hosted only
Standards
OCI / CRI compliant
-
CNCF Certified Kubernetes conformant
✓
Security
Rootless operation
-
Architecture
Daemonless architecture
-
Platform
Windows containers
-
ARM architecture support
✓
Workloads
GPU scheduling
✓
Stateful workloads
-
Networking
Built-in networking / CNI
-
Ops
Vendor-managed control plane
✗
Ecosystem
CNCF maturity
-
UX
GUI dashboard
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • macOS
  • Linux
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (6)

Independently observed
  • Docker
  • Containerd
  • Kubernetes
  • Incus
  • HuggingFace
  • Ollama

Colima alternatives

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Colima, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 47 / 100
low · 24%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Release Cadence9410.00938.9✓
Capabilities5812.00693.8✓
Github Activity2518.00441.0✓
Github Stars855.00422.6✓
Integrations2416.00388.9✓
Security Posture022.000.0-
Package Downloads026.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity012.000.0-

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All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d5mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars30,204highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"hosting":"self","arm_support":true,"orchestration":"kubernetes","gpu_scheduling":true,"k8s_conformant":true,"managed_control_plane":false}mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count6mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryGohighsource · 2026-08-03 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxMIThighsource · 2026-08-03 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Modelopen_sourcemediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days11mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 70%