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Mesosphere DCOS vs Rancher Desktop

A side-by-side look at Mesosphere DCOS and Rancher Desktop. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Mesosphere DCOS

Mesosphere DCOS

Network & Admin

Mesosphere DCOS is an open source distributed operating system based on Apache Mesos that manages computer clusters and facilitates container orchestration and services using Marathon, Kubernetes, DC/OS itself. It provides resource efficiency, scalability, and ease of management for distributed workloads.

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Rancher Desktop

Rancher Desktop

Development

Rancher Desktop is an open source Kubernetes distribution that runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. It allows developers to quickly set up a local Kubernetes cluster on their desktop for testing and development purposes.

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