Dory
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The facts
Each one read from Dory's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Agent integration
- Dory provides a versioned local MCP tool contract over stdio, with a read-only mode that blocks execution and sandbox mutations.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Agent sandboxes
- Dory can prepare project-specific environments in dedicated VMs with non-root execution, explicit mounts, and networking disabled by default.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Containers
- Dory includes Docker 29, Compose v2, BuildKit, and Buildx, connected through a standard Docker context.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Docker tools
- Docker 29, Compose v2, BuildKit, and Buildx connect through a standard Docker context.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Download
- The page lists Docker Core as required and Kubernetes, Linux machine and desktop runtimes, and guest images as optional signed components.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Dory provides a versioned local MCP tool contract over stdio, including a read-only mode that blocks writes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Kubernetes
- Dory offers a local k3s workflow; its selected k3s image downloads when a cluster is created.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- Dory is GPL-3.0 and open to inspection.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Migration
- Dory describes a migration flow that inventories, preflights, copies, verifies, and commits while leaving the source untouched.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Network defaults
- The Docker socket is owner-only, and published ports bind to localhost unless deliberately widened.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Dory is GPL-3.0 licensed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The site says Dory requires no account, has no telemetry, and needs no cloud control plane.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Dory combines Docker, Compose, Kubernetes, virtual machines, and agent sandboxes in a local development system for Apple Silicon Macs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Release
- The page lists release 0.4.5 for arm64 and a selected Docker Core download of 227.4 MiB.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Roadmap
- macOS and Windows guests are on the roadmap with no date attached; Windows 11 ARM and macOS guests are marked deferred.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Roadmap limits
- Custom ARM64 ISO is Preview; macOS and Windows guests are on the roadmap with no date attached.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says Dory requires no account, telemetry, or cloud control plane; the Docker socket is owner-only and published ports bind to localhost by default.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Storage limit
- The Docker data disk has a 128 GiB logical ceiling by default and can grow up to 2 TiB; shrinking is rejected before mutation.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux machines
- Dory supports ARM64 Linux desktops and headless machines with separate identity, disks, resources, shares, and snapshots.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Linux virtual machines
- Dory supports ARM64 Linux desktops and servers; custom ARM64 ISOs are marked Preview.checked 9 Oct 2026
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