SUSE has published the release of Rancher Desktop 0.6.0, an open source application that provides a graphical interface for creating, running, and managing containers based on the Kubernetes platform. The program is written in JavaScript using the Electron platform and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Initially, Rancher Desktop shipped only for macOS and Windows, but the 0.6.0 release introduces experimental support for Linux. Ready-made packages in deb and rpm formats are offered for installation. Another important improvement is support for the Containerd namespace, which is separate from the Kubernetes namespace.
Rancher Desktop is similar in purpose to the proprietary product Docker Desktop and differs mainly in the use of the nerdctl CLI and runtime containerd to create and run containers, but in the future, Rancher Desktop plans to add support for Docker CLI and Moby. Rancher Desktop gives you the ability to test containers and applications designed to run in containers on your workstation through a simple graphical interface before deploying them to production systems.
Rancher Desktop allows you to select a specific version of Kubernetes to use, test your containers with different versions of Kubernetes, instantly run containers without registering with Kubernetes services, build, get and host container images, and deploy your application in a container on the local system (network ports associated with containers are only accessible from localhost).
Source: opennet.ru