Observed arrival · 2026-11-05
hyperbutler: Docker on Windows without WSL
An open-source, Docker-compatible engine for Windows that runs dockerd in a small Hyper-V VM and works with the stock Docker CLI and Compose.
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- Windows developers who want Docker without WSL
- Worth noticing
- Its only privileged Windows service starts and stops the VM; the page says it does nothing else.
Field notes
The displayed workflow starts the engine from PowerShell, then uses the ordinary Docker CLI to run a container. The page describes three resident processes at idle and says the virtual disk shrinks automatically after images are deleted. Its feature list also names Compose builds, health checks, service names, volumes, and bind mounts as tested; the benchmark caveat remains important because the comparison uses one laptop.
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