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    "why": "It gives standard Docker tools a native Apple Silicon engine without Docker Desktop, adds one-click k3s Kubernetes and Ubuntu, Debian and Kali graphical Linux VMs, and exposes all of it from both a SwiftUI app and a CLI. The README states there is no account, cloud control plane, telemetry or commercial-use tier, and the licence is GPL-3.0. The README describes 0.4.6 as a smaller Docker Core app with Kubernetes, Linux Machines and desktop images as signed optional components (published releases stop at v0.4.5 as of 2026-09-15), and a migration flow imports images, volumes and containers from Docker Desktop, OrbStack, Colima, Rancher Desktop or Podman.",
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      "Licence GPL-3.0. Free (GitHub Sponsors). No account or telemetry.",
      "Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later only; no Intel build yet (planned). x86_64 Linux ISOs do not boot (FEX/Rosetta translate applications only). 8 GiB of memory recommended for mixed workloads.",
      "Still 0.4.x: desktop Linux GPU acceleration unqualified, USB passthrough qualified-only, no audio passthrough. Latest published release v0.4.5 as of 2026-09-15. 1,577 stars."
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    "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.",
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    "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.",
    "A summary, not legal advice."
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