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Docker vs Laravel Forge: What are the differences?
Developers describe Docker as "Enterprise Container Platform for High-Velocity Innovation". The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere. On the other hand, Laravel Forge is detailed as "Painless PHP Servers by Laravel". Provision, host, and deploy PHP applications on AWS, DigitalOcean, and Linode.
Docker can be classified as a tool in the "Virtual Machine Platforms & Containers" category, while Laravel Forge is grouped under "Deployment as a Service".
Docker is an open source tool with 54K GitHub stars and 15.6K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Docker's open source repository on GitHub.
Spotify, Pinterest, and Twitter are some of the popular companies that use Docker, whereas Laravel Forge is used by Needful Co., LQDI Digital, and CartHook. Docker has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3524 company stacks & 3443 developers stacks; compared to Laravel Forge, which is listed in 29 company stacks and 11 developer stacks.
lxd/lxc and Docker aren't congruent so this comparison needs a more detailed look; but in short I can say: the lxd-integrated administration of storage including zfs with its snapshot capabilities as well as the system container (multi-process) approach of lxc vs. the limited single-process container approach of Docker is the main reason I chose lxd over Docker.
Pros of Docker
- Rapid integration and build up824
- Isolation692
- Open source521
- Testability and reproducibility505
- Lightweight460
- Standardization218
- Scalable185
- Upgrading / downgrading / application versions106
- Security88
- Private paas environments85
- Portability34
- Limit resource usage26
- Game changer17
- I love the way docker has changed virtualization16
- Fast14
- Concurrency12
- Docker's Compose tools8
- Easy setup6
- Fast and Portable6
- Because its fun5
- Makes shipping to production very simple4
- Highly useful3
- It's dope3
- Its cool2
- MacOS support FAKE2
- Simplicity, isolation, resource effective2
- Open source and highly configurable2
- Does a nice job hogging memory2
- Package the environment with the application2
- Very easy to setup integrate and build2
- HIgh Throughput2
- Docker hub for the FTW2
- Super2
- Asdfd0
Pros of Laravel Forge
- Simply to use4
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Cons of Docker
- New versions == broken features8
- Unreliable networking6
- Documentation not always in sync6
- Moves quickly4
- Not Secure3
Cons of Laravel Forge
- Monthly subscription2
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