Run `limactl start template://fedora` to create a Lima instance named "fedora".

To open a shell, run `limactl shell fedora bash` or `LIMA_INSTANCE=fedora lima bash`.

- - -

⭐ = ["Tier 1"](#tier)

☆ = ["Tier 2"](#tier)

Default: [`default`](./default.yaml) (⭐Ubuntu, with containerd/nerdctl)

Distro:
- [`almalinux-8`](./almalinux-8.yaml): AlmaLinux 8
- [`almalinux-9`](./almalinux-9.yaml): AlmaLinux 9
- [`almalinux-10`](./almalinux-10.yaml), `almalinux.yaml`: AlmaLinux 10
- [`almalinux-kitten-10`](./almalinux-kitten-10.yaml), `almalinux-kitten.yaml`: AlmaLinux Kitten 10
- [`alpine`](./alpine.yaml): ☆Alpine Linux
- [`alpine-iso`](./alpine-iso.yaml): ☆Alpine Linux (ISO9660 image). Compatible with the `alpine` template used in Lima prior to v1.0.
- [`archlinux`](./archlinux.yaml): ☆Arch Linux
- [`centos-stream-9`](./centos-stream-9.yaml), `centos-stream.yaml`: CentOS Stream 9
- [`centos-stream-10`](./centos-stream-10.yaml): CentOS Stream 10
- [`debian-11`](./debian-11.yaml): Debian GNU/Linux 11(bullseye)
- [`debian-12`](./debian-12.yaml), `debian.yaml`: ⭐Debian GNU/Linux 12(bookworm)
- [`fedora-41`](./fedora-41.yaml): Fedora 41
- [`fedora-42`](./fedora-42.yaml), `fedora.yaml`: ⭐Fedora 42
- [`opensuse-leap`](./opensuse-leap.yaml), `opensuse.yaml`: ⭐openSUSE Leap
- [`oraclelinux-8`](./oraclelinux-8.yaml): Oracle Linux 8
- [`oraclelinux-9`](./oraclelinux-9.yaml), `oraclelinux.yaml`: Oracle Linux 9
- [`rocky-8`](./rocky-8.yaml): Rocky Linux 8
- [`rocky-9`](./rocky-9.yaml): Rocky Linux 9
- [`rocky-10`](./rocky-10.yaml), `rocky.yaml`: Rocky Linux 10
- [`ubuntu`](./ubuntu.yaml): Ubuntu (same as `default.yaml` but without extra YAML lines)
- [`ubuntu-lts`](./ubuntu-lts.yaml): Ubuntu LTS (same as `ubuntu.yaml` but pinned to an LTS version)
- [`experimental/ubuntu-next`](./experimental/ubuntu-next.yaml): Ubuntu vNext
- [`experimental/gentoo`](./experimental/gentoo.yaml): [experimental] Gentoo
- [`experimental/opensuse-tumbleweed`](./experimental/opensuse-tumbleweed.yaml): [experimental] openSUSE Tumbleweed
- [`experimental/debian-sid`](./experimental/debian-sid.yaml): [experimental] Debian Sid
- [`experimental/debian-13`](./experimental/debian-13.yaml), `experimental/debian-testing`: [experimental] Debian GNU/Linux 13 (Trixie)

Alternative package managers:
- [`linuxbrew.yaml`](./linuxbrew.yaml): [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) on Linux (Ubuntu)

Container engines:
- [`apptainer`](./apptainer.yaml): Apptainer
- [`apptainer-rootful`](./apptainer-rootful.yaml): Apptainer (rootful)
- [`docker`](./docker.yaml): ⭐Docker
- [`docker-rootful`](./docker-rootful.yaml): Docker (rootful)
- [`podman`](./podman.yaml): Podman
- [`podman-rootful`](./podman-rootful.yaml): Podman (rootful)
- LXD is installed in the default Ubuntu template, so there is no `lxd.yaml`

Container image builders:
- [`buildkit`](./buildkit.yaml): BuildKit

Container orchestration:
- [`faasd`](./faasd.yaml): [Faasd](https://docs.openfaas.com/deployment/edge/)
- [`k3s`](./k3s.yaml): Kubernetes via k3s
- [`k8s`](./k8s.yaml): Kubernetes via kubeadm
- [`experimental/u7s`](./experimental/u7s.yaml): [Usernetes](https://github.com/rootless-containers/usernetes): Rootless Kubernetes

Optional feature enablers:
- [`experimental/vnc`](./experimental/vnc.yaml): [experimental] use vnc display and xorg server
- [`experimental/alsa`](./experimental/alsa.yaml): [experimental] use alsa and default audio device

Lost+found:
- ~`centos`~: Removed in Lima v0.8.0, as CentOS 8 reached [EOL](https://www.centos.org/centos-linux-eol/).
  Replaced by [`almalinux`](./almalinux.yaml), [`centos-stream`](./centos-stream.yaml), [`oraclelinux`](./oraclelinux.yaml),
  and [`rocky`](./rocky.yaml).
- ~`singularity`~: Moved to [`apptainer-rootful`](./apptainer-rootful.yaml) in Lima v0.13.0, as Singularity was renamed to Apptainer.
- ~`experimental/apptainer`~: Moved to [`apptainer`](./apptainer.yaml) in Lima v0.13.0.
- ~`experimental/{almalinux,centos-stream-9,oraclelinux,rocky}-9`~: Moved to [`almalinux-9`](./almalinux-9.yaml), [`centos-stream-9`](./centos-stream-9.yaml),
  [`oraclelinux-9`](./oraclelinux-9.yaml), and [`rocky-9`](./rocky-9.yaml) in Lima v0.13.0.
- ~`nomad`~: Removed in Lima v0.17.1, as Nomad is [no longer free software](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/commit/b3e30b1dfa185d9437a25830522da47b91f78816)
- ~`centos-stream-8`~: Remove in Lima v0.23.0, as CentOS Stream 8 reached [EOL](https://blog.centos.org/2023/04/end-dates-are-coming-for-centos-stream-8-and-centos-linux-7/).
- ~`deprecated/centos-7`~: Remove in Lima v0.23.0, as CentOS 7 reached [EOL](https://blog.centos.org/2023/04/end-dates-are-coming-for-centos-stream-8-and-centos-linux-7/).
- ~`experimental/vz`~: Merged into the default template in Lima v1.0. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/vmtype/>.
- ~`experimental/armv7l`~: Merged into the `default` template in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --arch=armv7l template://default`.
- ~`experimental/riscv64`~: Merged into the `default` template in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --arch=riscv64 template://default`.
- ~`vmnet`~: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --network=lima:shared template://default` instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/network/>.
- ~`experimental/net-user-v2`~: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --network=lima:user-v2 template://default` instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/network/>.
- ~`experimental/9p`~: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --vm-type=qemu --mount-type=9p template://default` instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/mount/>.
- ~`experimental/virtiofs-linux`~: Removed in Lima v1.0. Use `limactl create --mount-type=virtiofs-linux template://default` instead. See also <https://lima-vm.io/docs/config/mount/>.

## Tier

- "Tier 1" (marked with ⭐): Good stability. Regularly tested on the CI.
- "Tier 2" (marked with ☆): Moderate stability. Regularly tested on the CI.

Other templates are tested only occasionally and manually.
