Jan Dubois 788a2f3010 lint: add editorconfig-checker for whitespace and newline checks
Add a root .editorconfig enforcing trim_trailing_whitespace and
insert_final_newline, with editorconfig-checker to verify compliance.
Fix all existing violations and update autostart tests to match
the corrected template files.

Fixes #4581

Signed-off-by: Jan Dubois <jan.dubois@suse.com>
2026-02-21 00:34:26 -08:00
2025-09-05 21:30:35 -07:00
2022-03-10 16:59:23 +09:00
2021-05-14 16:28:44 +09:00

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Lima: Linux Machines

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Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2).

The original goal of Lima was to promote containerd including nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl) to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well.

Lima also supports other container engines (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.) and non-macOS hosts (Linux, NetBSD, etc.).

Getting started

Set up (Homebrew):

brew install lima
limactl start

To run Linux commands:

lima uname -a

To run containers with containerd:

lima nerdctl run --rm hello-world

To run containers with Docker:

limactl start template:docker
export DOCKER_HOST=$(limactl list docker --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/sock/docker.sock')
docker run --rm hello-world

To run containers with Kubernetes:

limactl start template:k8s
export KUBECONFIG=$(limactl list k8s --format 'unix://{{.Dir}}/copied-from-guest/kubeconfig.yaml')
kubectl apply -f ...

See https://lima-vm.io/docs/ for the further information.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on:

  • Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO): All commits must be signed off with git commit -s
  • Code licensing and pull request guidelines
  • Testing requirements

Community

Adopters

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

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Code of Conduct

Lima follows the CNCF Code of Conduct.


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