hyperbutler
A Docker engine for Windows 11 that boots a tiny Hyper-V VM instead of WSL
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Windows teams that only need containers can drop a heavy install and keep their usual docker and Compose commands, with less RAM and disk spent.
hyperbutler gives Windows 11 machines a Docker engine of their own. It boots a small Alpine VM through the Windows Host Compute Service, runs dockerd inside, and relays the Docker API so the stock CLI and Compose connect unchanged. Only a broker service runs privileged; the engine itself runs as you. It installs from an MSI with one UAC prompt. It is Apache-2.0, on v0.1.1, and the builds are unsigned, so expect a SmartScreen warning and check the published hashes.
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