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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: Blogs |
| 3 | +weight: 451 |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +Curated blog articles about Lima. Community-contributed additions are collected in the [Show and tell](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/discussions/categories/show-and-tell) discussion category, in particular the [Community blogs and write-ups about Lima](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/discussions/4864) thread -- please add new finds there and the best-known ones will be folded into this page over time. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## 2021 |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +### containerd & Lima: Open source alternative to Docker for Mac |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +[Akihiro Suda](https://github.com/AkihiroSuda) on Lima as a free, libre, and open source alternative to Docker for Mac, paired with containerd and nerdctl. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +Read the [post on nttlabs / Medium](https://medium.com/nttlabs/containerd-and-lima-39e0b64d2a59). |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +## 2022 |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### Lima is now a CNCF project |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +[Akihiro Suda](https://github.com/AkihiroSuda) on Lima's acceptance into CNCF at the Sandbox level. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Read the [post on nttlabs / Medium](https://medium.com/nttlabs/lima-is-now-a-cncf-project-a7affde4f03c). |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +## 2023 |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +### Lima: a nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +[Julia Evans](https://jvns.ca/) walks through using Lima day-to-day to run Linux VMs on macOS. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Read the [post on jvns.ca](https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/07/10/lima--a-nice-way-to-run-linux-vms-on-mac/). |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## 2024 |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +### Accelerating Llama on Lima, with WASI-NN RPC |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +[Akihiro Suda](https://github.com/AkihiroSuda) on exposing host GPUs to Lima VMs through WASI-NN over gRPC, taking Llama 2 on Apple M2 Pro from 0.66 to 14.73 tokens/s. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Read the [post on nttlabs / Medium](https://medium.com/nttlabs/accelerating-llama-on-lima-with-wasi-nn-rpc-06b84bcbbe5c). |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +### Lima completes fuzzing audit |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +CNCF blog post covering the third-party fuzzing audit of Lima and its findings. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +Read the [post on the CNCF blog](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/10/10/lima-completes-fuzzing-audit/). |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +### containerd v2.0, nerdctl v2.0, Lima v1.0 |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +[Akihiro Suda](https://github.com/AkihiroSuda) on the coordinated v2.0 / v2.0 / v1.0 releases of containerd, nerdctl, and Lima. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +Read the [post on nttlabs / Medium](https://medium.com/nttlabs/containerd-v2-0-nerdctl-v2-0-lima-v1-0-93026b5839f8). |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +## 2025 |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +### containerd v2.1, nerdctl v2.1, and Lima v1.1 |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +[Akihiro Suda](https://github.com/AkihiroSuda) on the next coordinated release wave across containerd, nerdctl, and Lima. |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +Read the [post on nttlabs / Medium](https://medium.com/nttlabs/containerd-v2-1-nerdctl-v2-1-and-lima-v1-1-74400ee87c2c). |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +### Lima becomes a CNCF incubating project |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Announcement covering Lima's promotion from Sandbox to Incubating. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Read the [post on the CNCF blog](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/11/11/lima-becomes-a-cncf-incubating-project/). |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +### Lima v2.0: New features for secure AI workflows |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Highlights of the Lima 2.0 release, covering plugin infrastructure (VM driver, CLI, URL-scheme plugins), GPU acceleration via `krunkit`, Model Context Protocol tooling, and expanded networking. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Read the [post on the CNCF blog](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12/11/lima-v2-0-new-features-for-secure-ai-workflows/). |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +## 2026 |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +### Lima v2.1: macOS guests and enhanced AI agent safety |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +Highlights of the Lima 2.1 release, covering experimental macOS and FreeBSD guest support, `limactl shell --sync` for safer AI-agent sandboxing, a smaller guestagent footprint, and the new `limactl watch` command. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Read the [post on the CNCF blog](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03/25/lima-v2-1-macos-guests-and-enhanced-ai-agent-safety/). |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +## More community posts |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Additional community write-ups collected so far -- add to or comment on the [Show and tell discussion](https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/discussions/4864) to have yours folded in: |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +- [Exposing LoadBalancer services running on kind in Lima VMs](https://medium.com/@lizrice/exposing-loadbalancer-services-running-on-kind-in-lima-vms-4d58cd4b5e12) -- Liz Rice |
| 85 | +- [Lima, Linux on macOS without the ceremony](https://cloudsecburrito.com/lima-linux-on-macos-without-the-ceremony) |
| 86 | +- [Setup K3s single-node GitOps dengan Flux](https://blog.wayanjim.my.id/en/posts/setup-k3s-single-node-gitops-dengan-flux) -- Wayan Jimmy |
| 87 | +- [Why I chose limactl](https://medium.com/@lysharing/why-i-chose-limactl-461840c476ad) |
| 88 | +- [Lima on Tencent Cloud developer blog](https://cloud.tencent.com.cn/developer/article/2425111) |
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