# Installer colima avec Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de colima pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:colima
```

## Réponse sur la sécurité des agents

colima controls local container and Kubernetes runtimes used by developer workflows.

- **Accès aux identifiants:** Can expose mounted files, container credentials, and runtime config.
- **Modification distante:** Primarily local, but containers can call remote services.
- **Risque de publication ou d'artéfact:** Can affect containerized build artifacts and local cluster state.
- **Contrôle recommandé:** Gate privileged runtime changes, mounts, and Kubernetes enablement.
- **Conseils d'utilisation par les agents:** Allow status checks; require approval for start options exposing host paths or privileged runtimes.

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install colima
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install colima
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/colima/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#colima
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:colima
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/colima>
- **Version:** 0.10.3
- **Résumé source:** Container runtimes on MacOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://colima.run>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima>
- **Docs amont:** <https://colima.run>
- **Licence:** MIT
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima.git>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-27T22:04:03+02:00
- **Généré:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## exécutables

- colima (cli)
- colima (alias)

## Dépendances

- lima

## Dépendances de compilation

- go

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Service: declared
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-04
- version du gestionnaire: 0.10.3
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-07-27
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Historique du projet et usages

Colima is a command-line tool for running container runtimes on macOS and Linux with minimal setup, built around Lima virtual machines.

### Historique du projet

The official README states the project goal as providing container runtimes on macOS with minimal setup and explains the name as Containers on Lima. It also notes the transitive meaning Containers on Linux Machines because Lima is also described as Linux Machines.

Colima grew from a Docker-oriented local runtime into a multi-runtime tool supporting Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, Incus, and newer GPU-accelerated AI workload support.

### Historique d'adoption

Colima became popular in package-manager culture as a lightweight alternative path for local Docker-compatible development on macOS, especially after Docker Desktop licensing and resource-use concerns made VM-backed open tooling more attractive.

The official installation docs list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Mise, Arch/AUR, release binaries, and source builds, reflecting broad distribution across developer package ecosystems.

### Modes d'utilisation

Typical usage is brew install colima followed by colima start, after which Docker, containerd/nerdctl, Kubernetes, or Incus clients can target the VM-backed runtime. Configuration is normally edited with colima start --edit or the colima template command.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Colima is packaging-significant because it coordinates several separately packaged tools: Lima for virtual machines, Docker or containerd clients, kubectl for Kubernetes, and optional Incus or AI workload tooling.

### Chronologie

- 2020s: Colima emerges as Containers on Lima for macOS container runtimes.
- v0.7.0: Official README documents Incus runtime support.
- v0.10.0: Official README documents GPU-accelerated AI workload support using krunkit.
- 2020s: Official install docs list Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Mise, Arch/AUR, binaries, and source builds.

### Related projects

- Official docs directly relate Colima to Lima, Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, nerdctl, Incus, and krunkit.

### Sources

- <https://colima.run/docs>
- <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima>
- <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/INSTALL.md>
- <https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md>


## Notes de sécurité

container and virtual machine infrastructure.

- **Risque Geiger:** orange / élevé
- container and virtual machine infrastructure


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.colima/default/colima.yaml, ~/.colima/<profile-name>/colima.yaml, ~/.colima/_templates/default.yaml
## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** colima
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - colima: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colima/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - colima: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/colima/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Liens liés

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://pkg.so/fr/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://pkg.so/fr/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/fr/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/fr/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata.
- [lima](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/lima/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [go](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [container](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/container/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, macos, runtime.
- [containerd](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/containerd/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, kubernetes, runtime.
- [container-canary](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/container-canary/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, docker, kubernetes.
- [dcp](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/dcp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, docker, kubernetes.
- [lxc](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/lxc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, linux.
- [ko](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/ko/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, kubernetes.
- [mintoolkit](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/mintoolkit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, docker.
- [rootlesskit](https://pkg.so/fr/brew/rootlesskit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, containers, linux.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/colima.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/colima.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated agent safety answer
