Community

The GitHub repo of Lima can be found at https://github.com/lima-vm/lima.

Communication channels

• GitHub Discussions

• #lima channel in the CNCF Slack

  • New account: https://slack.cncf.io/
  • Login: https://cloud-native.slack.com/

• Zoom meetings are currently not regularly held due to timezone diversity, but feel free to reach out to us if you want to host meetings

• See https://github.com/lima-vm/.github/blob/main/SECURITY.md for how to report security issues.

Projects using Lima

Container environments

• Rancher Desktop: Kubernetes and container management to the desktop
• Colima: Docker (and Kubernetes) on macOS with minimal setup
• Finch: Finch is a command line client for local container development
• Podman Desktop: Podman Desktop GUI has a plug-in for Lima virtual machines

GUI

• Lima xbar plugin: xbar plugin to start/stop VMs from the menu bar and see their running status.
• lima-gui: Qt GUI for Lima