Container Desktop vs Tokaido

Container Desktop is a free, open-source desktop interface for Podman, Docker, and Apple Container, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It connects to local environments, SSH, and WSL. Users can inspect container logs, environment variables, mounts, ports, and live stats, then start, stop, or restart containers. Exposed services can be opened in a browser.

For image work, the app includes a Containerfile editor with live linting, build options, a build timeline, and an image layer inspector. It also provides tools for image security, pods, networks, secrets, and volumes. A built-in assistant can inspect and operate containers; it requests approval before actions that change state. The assistant works with LM Studio and llama.cpp locally, or OpenRouter and Anthropic in the cloud. The project is licensed under MIT. Its privacy policy says the app itself performs no telemetry and collects, stores, or transmits no data, while noting that third-party registries such as docker.io and quay.io have their own privacy practices. Linux and Windows downloads list x86_64 and arm64 options.

Tokaido is a free, open-source tool for creating local Drupal development environments with Docker and the `tok` command-line interface. Its containers can run PHP, Nginx, and MySQL, with optional services including Solr, Memcache, Mailhog, and Adminer. The `tok up` command starts an environment and sets up HTTPS. Project settings can be kept in `.tok/config.yml` in the Git repository, allowing teammates to share configuration. An SSH endpoint provides access to tools such as Drush, Composer, Gulp, Yarn, and Npm. Tokaido supports Linux, macOS, and Windows, though its Windows build is described as beta and experimental. Its local environment is ephemeral: the database resets on restart, and files outside `/tokaido/site` are lost. Drupal multisite is supported, but `tok snapshot` and `tok test` do not account for multisite databases. The project lists Drupal 7 or 8, PHP 7.1, and a Git repository as requirements. Tokaido was founded in 2016, is headquartered in Melbourne, and is primarily maintained by Ironstar.