Kubernetes Local

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1		Minikube	Docker Desktop	Microk8s	Minishift	K3s
2	Company	CNCF	Docker	Canonical	Redhat	Rancher
3	URL	https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/minikube/	https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop	https://microk8s.io/	https://www.okd.io/minishift/	https://k3s.io/
4	Kubernetes Versions	Any	Hardcoded to Docker	Any	Hardcoded to OKD	Latest stable
5	Supported OS	OSX, Linux, Windows	OSX, Windows	Linux (requires snap)	OSX, Linux, Windows	Linux
6	Container Type	Linux	Linux (on OSX), Linux or Windows (on Windows)	Linux	Linux	Linux
7	VM	None, Virtualbox, VMWare fusion, KVM2, Hyperkit, xhyve, Hyper-V	Hyperkit, Hyper-V	None	Virtualbox, xhyve, KVM, Hyper-V	None
8	Addons	addon-manager, coredns, dashboard, default-storageclass, efk, freshpod, heapster, ingress, kube-dns, metrics-server, nvidia-driver-installer, nvidia-gpu-device-plugin, registry, registry-creds, storage-provisioner	-	dns, dashboard, storage, ingress, gpu, istio, registry, metrics-server	anyuid, admin-user, registry-route, htpasswd-identity-provider, xpaas, che, community addons	core-dns, traefik, helm-controller
9
10
11
12
13		Minikube	Docker Desktop	Microk8s	Minishift	K3s
14	Why?	The best solution for Kubernetes cluster operators (DevOps / SRE) who want to practice Kubernetes cluster admin tasks. Highly configurable Kubernetes options.	The best solution for developers who want to build applications locally. The only solution on Windows that will run Windows containers. Runs in the same VM as Docker. Images share the same local registry.	Clean installation that runs upstream Kubernetes as native services on Linux systems supporting snap. A good option if you are running Ubuntu on your laptop.	The best solution for operators and developers that are using OpenShift in their company.	There is a Docker compose available for running locally. It's extremely lightweight at 40mb for the image. Memory and CPU consumption are extremely low.
15	Why Not?	Separate VM on OSX and Windows. More complex that Docker Desktop for developers.	Kubernetes is not as configurable as the other options. If you're an SRE use Minikube.	Less mature than MiniKube. Only supports Linux.	If you're running non-OpenShift Kubernetes in your company then go with another option.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100