[notduncansmith]

It solves a very specific problem - using Docker on OS X is a giant pain. It's pretty easy on something like Ubuntu, but for Mac the typical solution involves Vagrant + a VM, so startup times are slow, it eats a lot of memory and CPU, etc.

[mrinterweb]

I disagree that "using Docker on OS X is a giant pain". I don't really see how this is more than a GUI that works with boot2docker and docker. Kitematic appears to be using boot2docker under the hood. I think using boot2docker is very simple. Once boot2docker is running, as far as I can tell, using docker is the same experience people have on linux.

[shabble]

mounting host directories into containers with -v is one place b2d definitely hurts more than running on linux directly.

The options appear to be:

1. Don't do that

2. Mount something via samba into the b2d vm, then -v it into your container

3. Use virtualbox directory sharing (which won't work properly/at all)

[bboreham]

It looks like Kitematic uses VirtualBox, a VM.

Aside from the GUI, how does it differ from Boot2Docker, which is what the Docker web site tells you to use on a Mac?

[mchiang]

- Automatically creates a folder under ~/Kitematic for each Volume. - One click NSEnter into any container. - Any container can be accessed at <container_name>.dev (automatically sets up a DNS for you, so you can connect a database too using that URL).

We're really just trying to make Docker easier to use for Mac right now.

[bboreham]

Ok, thanks. Maybe list some of those on your web page or GitHub readme?

[dashersw]

how about attaching volumes?

[Elesant]

Hey, folders will be created under ~/Kitematic/app_name/volume_name, and the contents of the volume will be sync'ed across the folder and the container.

[mchiang]

We do that. [Although primitive at the moment]

[StavrosK]

Oh, thanks, I thought it was an image manager (which I could use). I guess you'd have a problem with Docker on OS X, given the BSD-based kernel...

[mchiang]

Kitematic can be used as an image manager.