Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Docker Machine

The top open-source alternatives to Docker Machine are Kubernetes, Rancher, and Helm.sh. 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.

Kubernetes Landing Page
1

Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Containers As A Service 284 social mentions
Rancher Landing Page
2

Rancher

Open Source Platform for Running a Private Container Service
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 24 social mentions
Helm.sh Landing Page
3

Helm.sh

The Kubernetes Package Manager
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Containers As A Service 134 social mentions
Portainer Landing Page
4

Portainer

Simple management UI for Docker
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Containers And Microservices #Kubernetes 34 social mentions
Ansible Landing Page
5

Ansible

Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Build And Deployment Automation 9 social mentions
Jenkins Landing Page
6

Jenkins

Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration server with 300+ plugins to support all kinds of software development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 5 social mentions
Terraform Landing Page
7

Terraform

Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 31 social mentions
Bitrise Landing Page
8

Bitrise

Tens of thousands of agencies, startups and enterprise companies with mobile apps - including Runkeeper, Grindr, Duolingo and more - use Bitrise to automate their way to increased productivity & speed
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Mobile Continuous Integration #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 11 social mentions
Ctop Landing Page
9

Ctop

Commandline monitoring for containers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #DevOps Tools
Apache Mesos Landing Page
10

Apache Mesos

Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #DevOps Tools 7 social mentions
Sveltos Landing Page
11

Sveltos

Projectsveltos extends the functionality of Cluster API with a solution for managing the installation, configuration & deletion of kubernetes cluster add-ons.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Dev Ops #Build, Test, Deploy #Container Tools 2 social mentions
Earthly Landing Page
12

Earthly

Build anything via containers
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 47 social mentions