One Tip a Week: Orbstack

This week’s tip of the week is about Orbstack, a drop in replacement for Docker for Desktop on macOS. I had heard about it about a year ago, but never bothered to install it. It came across my radar again about a month ago when I saw a blog post about, so I asked on socials, and people said it was solid, so I gave it a go.

From their docs:

It’s got lower CPU usage and has fast startup times. Check out the whole comparison matrix in their OrbStack vs. Docker Desktop page of their docs.

I haven’t had any issues since switching so I’d say it’s definitely a drop in replacement at this point. If you use Docker for Desktop on macOS, give it a go and let me know how you find it!

That’s it! Short and sweet. Until the next one!