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Version: 1.12

Architecture

Rancher Desktop Architecture

Rancher Desktop is an electron-based application that wraps other tools while it also provides the user experience to create a simple experience. On macOS and Linux, Rancher Desktop leverages a virtual machine to run containerd or dockerd and Kubernetes. Windows Subsystem for Linux v2 is leveraged for Windows systems. All you need to do is download and run the application.