The best container tools, according to hackers
3 container tools recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All container tools
- DistroboxRuns other Linux distributions in containers that integrate with the host for GUI apps, audio and video, keeping the main system clean. Critics say it loses sandboxing.40recommend
- ToolboxGives a separate, disposable development environment inside a container so experiments cannot break the base system.8recommend
- ToolbxPeople recommend Toolbx for running command-line tools and development work in an isolated Linux container, keeping the host system separate.5recommend