Best Container Development Environments in 2026 · page 2
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Docker4Drupal
Docker4Drupal provides Docker images and a preconfigured Compose file for running Drupal locally on Linux, macOS, or Windows.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 27

Orca Desktop
Orca Desktop is an open-source container management app for Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GPU-accelerated AI workloads.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 28

Podman Desktop
Podman Desktop is a free graphical tool for creating and managing containers, pods, and Kubernetes workloads locally.
Free planLinuxmacOSWindows6.1Free plan - 29
Telepresence
Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted6.1Free plan - 30

Dev Container CLI
Dev Container CLI creates and configures a development container from a devcontainer.json file.
Free planExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows6.0Free plan - 31
Laradock
Laradock is a free, open-source Docker environment for PHP development, supplying pre-configured containers for PHP, MySQL, Redis, and more than 100 services.
Free planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows6.0Free plan - 32

Docksal
Docksal is a free, self-hosted web development environment that uses Docker and Docker Compose to define and manage containerized projects.
LinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows5.8 - 33
Takeout
LinuxmacOSWindows5.8 - 34

Toolbx
Free planLinux5.8Free plan - 35
Gefyra
ExtensionLinuxmacOSWindows5.7 - 36
Warden
Warden is a free, open-source command-line utility for orchestrating Docker-based developer environments.
LinuxmacOSWindows5.7 - 37

Canopy
macOS5.6 - 38
Vessel
LinuxmacOSSelf-hosted5.6 - 39

Dory
macOS5.3 - 40
Laravel Sail
LinuxmacOSWindows4.7