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Cilium vs Docker

A side-by-side look at Cilium and Docker. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cilium

Cilium

Network & Admin

Cilium is an open source software for providing and securing network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms like Kubernetes. It uses eBPF/XDP for high performance container networking.

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Docker

Docker

Development

Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. It allows developers to package applications into containers—standardized executable components combining application source code with the operating system (OS) libraries and dependencies required to run that code in any environment.

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