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abiosoft/colima

Colima is a macOS-native virtualization tool that manages lightweight Linux virtual machines to run containers and Kubernetes clusters. It supports multiple container runtimes including Docker, containerd, and Incus, alongside a built-in Kubernetes distribution. The system also provides integrated AI model serving capabilities and manages background processes for networking and filesystem monitoring.

70.5

Strong · 1 August 2026

11k

lines of production code

Go

primary language

1

bus factor · 107 authors in all

3

measurements over time

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How it got here

2021 · Colima rename and multi-profile architecture

The project was renamed to Colima and restructured to support multiple isolated profiles, each with its own configuration and state. This period introduced a comprehensive CLI with profile management, AI model integration, and shell completion, while refactoring the internal environment abstractions for VMs, containers, and Kubernetes.

18 changes

2022 · Daemon and utility refactoring

This period focused on introducing a background daemon to manage network and filesystem processes, alongside significant refactoring of utility packages. The changes consolidate Lima VM operations into a dedicated utility layer and introduce filesystem and OS helpers to improve testability and environment handling.

10 changes

2023–2026 · container runtime and AI model support

This period focused on expanding supported container runtimes with Incus and Lima configuration, while introducing AI model execution via Docker and Ramalama. The codebase also added persistent state management for VMs, filesystem event monitoring, and stricter configuration validation.

9 changes

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  • The description of this project is derived from its own commit history, not from its README.
  • The score is its highest published measurement, taken on 1 August 2026 at a pinned commit. It is not a live figure and does not change until the project is measured again.
  • Measured at commit dd3ca83bad — the exact code this score is about.
  • Scored under rubric rubric-2026.08.18. Score the same commit under that rubric and you get the same number.
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