Coffer, when Docker is just too much
A lightweight platform for creating isolated and portable development environments - f-prime/Coffer
Coffer, when Docker is just too much launched on July 28, 2016 with 5 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
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Coffer – Light weight containerization based on chroot2017 · github.com · ▲5A lightweight platform for creating isolated and portable development environments - f-prime/Coffer
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