Colima

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Container runtimes on macOS and Linux with minimal setup, built on Lima.

Latest v0.10.3 · · macOS · Linuxby Abiola IbrahimWritten in GoWebsiteabiosoft/colimaRSS

Release activity

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4 releases in the last year

Changelog

v0.10.2

Added 6
  • New --downloader flag to retain curl for downloads, supporting curl or native (default)
  • Support for user-provided containerd and buildkit config for the Containerd runtime
  • Nested virtualization is now supported with krunkit vm type
  • Cache directory can now be customized with the COLIMA_CACHE_HOME environment variable
  • Network address is now supported for the krunkit vm type
  • Custom generated disk images can now be used by setting the --force-disk-image flag in addition to --disk-image flag
Changed 6
  • Force stop with colima stop --force no longer attempts to stop the container runtime before stopping VM
  • Soft delete (colima delete without --force) is now properly supported on Incus runtime, and container data would be auto-restored on recreation
  • Runtime is now displayed in colima list for stopped instances
  • Docker version updated to v29.5.2
  • Nerdctl version updated to v2.3.1
  • Incus version updated to v7.1
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v0.10.1

Added 1
  • Support for Docker Model Runner as an AI model runner backend
Changed 3
  • Docker Model Runner is now the default AI model runner backend
  • The DOCKER_CONFIG environment variable is now respected
  • AI model runners refactored for improved functionality
Fixed 1
  • Model serving now chooses alternate available ports for API and webui when default ports are in use
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v0.10.0

Added 7
  • AI support for running confined, isolated and secure gpu-powered AI workloads on Apple Silicon devices using Krunkit and Ramalama
  • Krunkit virtual machine type with gpu support via colima start --vm-type krunkit
  • colima model command to run and serve AI models
  • Network address option to make Incus instances reachable directly from the host via colima start --network-address
  • Option to disable port forwarding by passing --port-forwarder=none to colima start
  • Option to disable volume mounts by passing --mount=none to colima start
  • After-boot and ready provision modes for provision scripts
Changed 6
  • Containerd runtime now inherits CONTAINERD_* and NERDCTL_* environment variables from the host
  • Download mechanism reworked in native Go, eliminating dependency on curl and shasum on the host
  • Docker version updated to v29.2.0
  • Nerdctl version updated to v2.2.1
  • Incus version updated to v6.21
  • K3s version defaults to v1.35.0+k3s1
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v0.9.1

Added 1
  • make k3s listen port customizable
Fixed 1
  • fix root disk size getting set to zero
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v0.9.0

Added 5
  • Add --network-mode flag to support bridged and shared networking modes, with shared as the default
  • Add persistent disk feature for container data that survives instance deletion for Docker, Containerd, and Incus runtimes
  • Add --data flag to colima delete command to delete both instance and container data
  • Add --port-forwarder flag to make port forwarder configurable between ssh and grpc, defaulting to ssh
  • Add --network-preferred-route flag to use the network address interface as the default route when network address is enabled
Changed 4
  • Update Docker version to v28.4.0
  • Update Nerdctl version to v2.1.4
  • Update Incus version to v6.16
  • Update K3s version default to v1.33.4+k3s1
Fixed 4
  • Reinstate previous template loading behavior where Colima loads config from template file if present, with ability to disable via --template=false
  • Improve DNS resolution for host.docker.internal to work correctly in Docker, Containerd, and Kubernetes containers
  • Fix 386 architecture emulation when Rosetta is enabled
  • Sync default storage pool size for Incus runtime on startup to align with available disk space on the virtual machine
Removed 1
  • Remove /tmp/colima as a default mount due to issues when Colima is run by multiple users on macOS
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v0.8.4

Added 1
  • Cross-architecture container execution can now be disabled by setting --binfmt=false flag
Changed 1
  • Disable implicit loading of config from template and require the --template flag
Fixed 2
  • Fix exec format error when running cross-architecture images
  • Fix binfmt not enabled after restart
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v0.8.3

Added 3
  • Mount containerd socket for Docker and Containerd runtimes
  • Mount buildkitd socket for Containerd runtime
  • Allow overriding default k3s flags with --k3s-arg flag
Changed 3
  • Set default volume mount type to virtiofs when VZ is in use
  • Use containerd image store for Docker
  • Add mounted socket path(s) to the output of colima status for all container runtimes
Fixed 1
  • Fix exec format error when running a cross-architecture image
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v0.8.2

Added 3
  • UDP port forwarding is now supported
  • Binfmt emulation is configurable via the --binfmt flag and binfmt config
  • Current profile can now be set with COLIMA_PROFILE environment variable
Changed 4
  • Docker version updated to v28.3.3
  • Nerdctl version updated to v2.1.3
  • Incus version updated to v6.14
  • K3s version defaults to v1.33.3+k3s1
Fixed 4
  • Report errors that occur while reading configuration file
  • Use native shasum binary for download assets verification
  • Fix download errors when K3s version is empty in config
  • Reset formatting after question prompts in the terminal
Deprecated 1
  • Rename --cpu flag to --cpus for colima start; --cpu still works but is deprecated
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v0.8.1

Added 3
  • Disk image can now be downloaded locally and specified with the --disk-image flag for colima start
  • Add --json flag to status command
  • Ability to specify memory in decimal GiB
Changed 4
  • VZ is now the default virtual machine type on macOS 13 or newer
  • Docker version updated to 27.4.0
  • Nerdctl version updated to 2.0.2
  • Incus version updated to 6.8
Fixed 2
  • Cleanup of network assets directory on startup
  • Use of primary network adapter as default route when external network address is enabled
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