base on Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers [[🌎**Web site**]](https://lima-vm.io/) [[📖**Documentation**]](https://lima-vm.io/docs/) [[👤**Slack (`#lima`)**]](https://slack.cncf.io) <picture> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="website/static/images/logo-dark.svg"> <img alt="Shows a stylized 'Lima' text in bold, modern font" src="website/static/images/logo.svg" width=400 /> </picture> # Lima: Linux Machines [](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/6505) [](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/lima-vm/lima) [Lima](https://lima-vm.io/) launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2). The original goal of Lima was to promote [containerd](https://containerd.io) including [nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl)](https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl) to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well. Lima also supports other container engines (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.) and non-macOS hosts (Linux, NetBSD, etc.). ## Getting started Set up (on macOS): ```bash brew install lima limactl start ``` To run Linux commands: ```bash lima sudo apt-get install -y neofetch lima neofetch ``` To run containers with containerd: ```bash lima nerdctl run --rm hello-world ``` To run containers with Docker: ```bash limactl start template://docker export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list docker --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock') docker run --rm hello-world ``` To run containers with Kubernetes: ```bash limactl start template://k8s export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k8s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml') kubectl apply -f ... ``` See <https://lima-vm.io/docs/> for the further information. ## Community ### Adopters Container environments: - [Rancher Desktop](https://rancherdesktop.io/): Kubernetes and container management to the desktop - [Colima](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima): Docker (and Kubernetes) on macOS with minimal setup - [Finch](https://github.com/runfinch/finch): Finch is a command line client for local container development - [Podman Desktop](https://podman-desktop.io/): Podman Desktop GUI has a plug-in for Lima virtual machines GUI: - [Lima xbar plugin](https://github.com/unixorn/lima-xbar-plugin): [xbar](https://xbarapp.com/) plugin to start/stop VMs from the menu bar and see their running status. - [lima-gui](https://github.com/afbjorklund/lima-gui): Qt GUI for Lima ### Communication channels - [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/discussions) - `#lima` channel in the CNCF Slack - New account: <https://slack.cncf.io/> - Login: <https://cloud-native.slack.com/> ### Code of Conduct Lima follows the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md). - - - **We are a [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io/) sandbox project.** <picture> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cncf-white-logo.svg"> <img src="https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cncf-color-bg.svg" width=300 /> </picture> The Linux Foundation® (TLF) has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. 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", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"3779","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: [{"id":77,"name":"3d"},{"id":89,"name":"agent"},{"id":17,"name":"ai"},{"id":54,"name":"algorithm"},{"id":24,"name":"api"},{"id":44,"name":"authentication"},{"id":3,"name":"aws"},{"id":27,"name":"backend"},{"id":60,"name":"benchmark"},{"id":72,"name":"best-practices"},{"id":39,"name":"bitcoin"},{"id":37,"name":"blockchain"},{"id":1,"name":"blog"},{"id":45,"name":"bundler"},{"id":58,"name":"cache"},{"id":21,"name":"chat"},{"id":49,"name":"cicd"},{"id":4,"name":"cli"},{"id":64,"name":"cloud-native"},{"id":48,"name":"cms"},{"id":61,"name":"compiler"},{"id":68,"name":"containerization"},{"id":92,"name":"crm"},{"id":34,"name":"data"},{"id":47,"name":"database"},{"id":8,"name":"declarative-gui "},{"id":9,"name":"deploy-tool"},{"id":53,"name":"desktop-app"},{"id":6,"name":"dev-exp-lib"},{"id":59,"name":"dev-tool"},{"id":13,"name":"ecommerce"},{"id":26,"name":"editor"},{"id":66,"name":"emulator"},{"id":62,"name":"filesystem"},{"id":80,"name":"finance"},{"id":15,"name":"firmware"},{"id":73,"name":"for-fun"},{"id":2,"name":"framework"},{"id":11,"name":"frontend"},{"id":22,"name":"game"},{"id":81,"name":"game-engine "},{"id":23,"name":"graphql"},{"id":84,"name":"gui"},{"id":91,"name":"http"},{"id":5,"name":"http-client"},{"id":51,"name":"iac"},{"id":30,"name":"ide"},{"id":78,"name":"iot"},{"id":40,"name":"json"},{"id":83,"name":"julian"},{"id":38,"name":"k8s"},{"id":31,"name":"language"},{"id":10,"name":"learning-resource"},{"id":33,"name":"lib"},{"id":41,"name":"linter"},{"id":28,"name":"lms"},{"id":16,"name":"logging"},{"id":76,"name":"low-code"},{"id":90,"name":"message-queue"},{"id":42,"name":"mobile-app"},{"id":18,"name":"monitoring"},{"id":36,"name":"networking"},{"id":7,"name":"node-version"},{"id":55,"name":"nosql"},{"id":57,"name":"observability"},{"id":46,"name":"orm"},{"id":52,"name":"os"},{"id":14,"name":"parser"},{"id":74,"name":"react"},{"id":82,"name":"real-time"},{"id":56,"name":"robot"},{"id":65,"name":"runtime"},{"id":32,"name":"sdk"},{"id":71,"name":"search"},{"id":63,"name":"secrets"},{"id":25,"name":"security"},{"id":85,"name":"server"},{"id":86,"name":"serverless"},{"id":70,"name":"storage"},{"id":75,"name":"system-design"},{"id":79,"name":"terminal"},{"id":29,"name":"testing"},{"id":12,"name":"ui"},{"id":50,"name":"ux"},{"id":88,"name":"video"},{"id":20,"name":"web-app"},{"id":35,"name":"web-server"},{"id":43,"name":"webassembly"},{"id":69,"name":"workflow"},{"id":87,"name":"yaml"}]" returns me the "expected json"