Vagrant Alternatives

Vagrant is described as 'Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes' and is a very popular Virtualization tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Vagrant for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Vagrant alternative is virt-manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Vagrant are Kubernetes, Laragon, Lima and Multipass.

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  1. Apache Mesos icon
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    Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Apache Mesos vs Vagrant Comments
    syntax
    Negative
    12

    Mesos is designed for running production cluster, while Vagrant is solely designed for local development.

    • Apache Mesos is Free and Open SourceVagrant is Free and Source Available
  2. ForgeKit icon
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    ForgeKit is a free, Windows-native PHP development environment for running multiple projects with different stacks side by side.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Singularity icon
     10 likes

    Singularity is a container solution with a focus on building reproducible software stacks and running them most efficiently on existing HPC, scientific, compute farm and even enterprise architectures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Singularity vs Vagrant Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    More lightweight, faster boot time

    • Singularity is Free and Open SourceVagrant is Free and Source Available
  4.  1 like

    plash is a flexible container build and run engine. It supports rootless containers, needs no daemons and runs inside docker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Chef Habitat icon
     1 like

    Open-source software that creates platform-independent build artifacts and provides built-in deployment and management capabilities.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Karton VM icon
     2 likes

    A Libvirt-based Virtual Machine Manager for KDE.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  7. Dockercraft icon
     1 like

    Docker + Minecraft = Dockercraft. Contribute to docker/dockercraft development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft
    • Docker
     
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    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository has been archived in August 2024.

    Dockercraft vs Vagrant Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Dockercraft has a specific use case limited to running Minecraft.

    • Dockercraft is Free and Open SourceVagrant is Free and Source Available
  8.  2 likes

    Desktop application sandboxing for Linux. It basically lets you start any installed binary in a configurable container. Changes are stored through copy-on-write.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. WunderPreview icon
     4 likes

    Get a live preview environment for every new feature – fully automated. Share previews with co-workers, managers, or customers. WunderPreview simplifies feedback loops so you can deliver better software faster.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    WunderPreview vs Vagrant Comments
    Anton Christopher Harris
    Positive
    0

    I do not need Vagrant anymore, because I get running preview environments for my development automatically by WunderPreview. I can even run Redis and Elasticsearch and Postgres in it. An the links to the previews are sharable. Its just works

    • WunderPreview is Paid and ProprietaryVagrant is Free and Source Available
  10. Flint is a modern, self-contained KVM management tool built for developers, sysadmins, and home labs who want zero bloat and maximum efficiency. It was built in a few hours out of a sudden urge for something better.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
     
  11. Nexaa icon
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    Nexaa is the easy-to-use-and-cost-friendly 100% European alternative for scaling and deploying containers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. Quickgui icon
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    Quickgui is a graphical user interface for the Quickemu virtual machine manager. Quickgui enables you to create and manage virtual machines from a simple and elegant interface. Nearly 1000 operating systems supported including Windows, macOS, BSDs, and 100s of Linux distros.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • QEMU
     
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