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Templates

    Run limactl start template://fedora to create a Lima instance named "fedora".

    To open a shell, run limactl shell fedora bash or LIMA_INSTANCE=fedora lima bash.


    ⭐ = "Tier 1"

    ☆ = "Tier 2"

    Default: default (⭐Ubuntu, with containerd/nerdctl)

    Distro:

    Alternative package managers:

    Container engines:

    Container image builders:

    Container orchestration:

    Optional feature enablers:

    Lost+found:

    • centos: Removed in Lima v0.8.0, as CentOS 8 reached EOL. Replaced by almalinux, centos-stream, oraclelinux, and rocky.
    • singularity: Moved to apptainer-rootful in Lima v0.13.0, as Singularity was renamed to Apptainer.
    • experimental/apptainer: Moved to apptainer in Lima v0.13.0.
    • experimental/{almalinux,centos-stream-9,oraclelinux,rocky}-9: Moved to almalinux-9, centos-stream-9, oraclelinux-9, and rocky-9 in Lima v0.13.0.
    • nomad: Removed in Lima v0.17.1, as Nomad is no longer free software
    • centos-stream-8: Remove in Lima v0.23.0, as CentOS Stream 8 reached EOL.
    • deprecated/centos-7: Remove in Lima v0.23.0, as CentOS 7 reached EOL.
    • experimental/vz: Merged into the default template in Lima v1.0. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/vmtype/>.
    • experimental/armv7l: Merged into the default template in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --arch=armv7l template://default.
    • experimental/riscv64: Merged into the default template in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --arch=riscv64 template://default.
    • vmnet: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --network=lima:shared template://default instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/network/>.
    • experimental/net-user-v2: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --network=lima:user-v2 template://default instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/network/>.
    • experimental/9p: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --vm-type=qemu --mount-type=9p template://default instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/mount/>.
    • experimental/virtiofs-linux: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use limactl create --mount-type=virtiofs-linux template://default instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/mount/>.

    Tier

    • "Tier 1" (marked with ⭐): Good stability. Regularly tested on the CI.
    • "Tier 2" (marked with ☆): Moderate stability. Regularly tested on the CI.

    Other templates are tested only occasionally and manually.