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boot2docker

boot2docker is a lightweight Linux distribution made specifically to run Docker containers.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to boot2docker

boot2docker
Docker Amazon ECS Warewolf Honeycomb Panamax Sysdig Xen Orchestra VirtualBox Packer Terraform

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to boot2docker are Docker, Amazon ECS, and Warewolf. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    Docker is an open platform that enables developers and system administrators to create distributed applications.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Container Tools #Rapid Application Development #Developer Tools 80 social mentions

  2. Amazon EC2 Container Service is a highly scalable, high-performanceโ€‹ container management service that supports Docker containers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools 60 social mentions

  3. Warewolf provides developers with drag and drop environment to design and create microservices.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Container Tools #Developer Tools

  4. Honeycomb is a powerful tool for complex/distributed systems, microservices, and databases.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Application Performance Monitoring #Monitoring Tools #Developer Tools 14 social mentions

  5. Panamax is a containerized app creator with an open-source app marketplace hosted in GitHub.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools

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    Sysdig is an open source, system-level exploration that capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Security #Monitoring Tools #Developer Tools 3 social mentions

  7. A complete web UI for controlling a XenServer or Xen infrastructure.
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    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #IT Automation #Virtual Machine Management 3 social mentions

  8. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management #Office & Productivity 32 social mentions

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    Packer is an open-source software for creating identical machine images from a single source configuration.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 9 social mentions

  10. Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
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    • Open Source

    #Cloud Computing #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 33 social mentions

  11. OpenStack software controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, managed through a dashboard or via the OpenStack API.
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    • Open Source

    #VPS #Cloud Hosting #Cloud Computing 2 social mentions

  12. Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers
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    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service 392 social mentions

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