I'm going to try this to make my app an exe. As great as Docker is, most users do not care to install Docker just to run my app.
Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
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Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#82Kind of reminds me of a unikernel.
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#83Damn I would really love to distribute ArchiveBox this way, been looking for a solution that does this for years. Crossing my fingers for arm64/macoOS support someday!
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#84XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#85There is some great cosmic irony here. A section about never needing to build, install, etc… just give me an executable. Followed immediately with an incantation for zig to build this project
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#86Same thing as Apptainer/Singularity? Or a different approach? I always remember having issues using the Singularity outputs for anything that needed to interact with the filesystem.
I hadn't heard of Apptainer/Singularity before but it doesn't seem to provide the ability to create standalone executables.
Singularity absolutely produces standalone executables, been building tools this way for years.
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#87This is incredibly cool! Currently using docker as a way to easily distribute and run an open project[1], this would be great to use on top of docker Will this run ok on a Mac? (I see the feature is pending, any tests done yet?) [1] https://github.com/nicobrenner/commandjobs
Thanks! > Will this run ok on a Mac? I've managed to make it work but unfortunately not in a way that produces portable binaries. I just need to figure out how to selectively statically link some of the QEMU dependencies or write a runtime that uses Apple's VirtualizationFramework.
For Windows, I recommend looking into running in WSL2 instead of trying to get QEMU working in a performant way. It's pretty easy to install a custom lightweight WSL2 image and run it.
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#88Awesome use of that rant pic. Next rant pic- When I RUN a F*ING EXE it should open a Window with the application in it you smelly nerds!!!!
This isn't an EXE, though.
The next step is to repackage this inside an EXE that runs a Linux virtual machine.
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hadn't heard of Apptainer/Singularity before but it doesn't seem to provide the ability to create standalone executables.
Singularity absolutely produces standalone executables, been building tools this way for years.
How? I've used Apptainer pretty extensively for a couple years and as far as I know the machine where it runs has to have Apptainer installed, even when executing sif files like a normal app.
Re: Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"
#90Awesome use of that rant pic. Next rant pic- When I RUN a F*ING EXE it should open a Window with the application in it you smelly nerds!!!!
This isn't an EXE, though. The next step is to repackage this inside an EXE that runs a Linux virtual machine.
Weeell... There's a feature list with the following pending entry:
> MacOS and Windows support (using QEMU)