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What is Rancher Desktop?

Rancher Desktop runs Kubernetes and container management on your desktop. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images using either containerd or Moby (dockerd). The container images you build can be run by Kubernetes immediately without the need for a registry.

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Rancher Desktop runs Kubernetes and container management on your desktop. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images using either containerd or Moby (dockerd). The container images you build can be run by Kubernetes immediately without the need for a registry.


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5.0 out of 5
"Rancher Desktop is Docker Desktop on steroids"
Rancher Desktop is open source and free to use for everyone, even large companies with lots of employees. It has docker runtime built-in and can ru...
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5.0 out of 5
"Click-wise frontend for kubernetes version mashup"
The ease for managing any version of Kubernetes and the possibility to manage existing CNCF compliance clusters. It works well with full-fledge K8...
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What do you like best about Rancher Desktop?

Rancher Desktop is open source and free to use for everyone, even large companies with lots of employees. It has docker runtime built-in and can run almost every possible Kubernetes version. It ships with Rancher GUI which makes working with Kubernetes very easy. Developers of Rancher Desktop are easy to reach on GitHub and they listen to feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rancher Desktop?

I like everything about Rancher Desktop - it does its job very well. The first versions of Rancher Desktop were a bit raw, but now it's a polished piece of software ready for everyday use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rancher Desktop solving and how is that benefiting you?

Rancher Desktop provides Docker runtime and command line interface to it on the development machine. It also integrates Kubernetes and Rancher GUI. We use it on development laptops for easier software containerization and preparation to run on Kubernetes clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Rancher Desktop?

The ease for managing any version of Kubernetes and the possibility to manage existing CNCF compliance clusters.

It works well with full-fledge K8s and tiny sized K3s Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Rancher Desktop?

It just has come out v.1.0... still lacks some time running.

Some VPNs are still a little nightmare to configure if possible at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Rancher Desktop solving and how is that benefiting you?

It pushed up deployment time and smashed down versioning maintenance work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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