what's difference compare with docker

[lucasjinreal]

hi, devbox looks awesome. but any behind principle explnation of it?

[Lagoja]

Hey @jinfagang, We added some context in the README about how Devbox is different from Docker.

Devbox uses Nix to create isolated development environments with your dependencies on your local machine, so you can develop your application in a consistent environment without polluting your laptop environment, or sacrificing speed + resources to build a Docker container.

When you need to deploy your application to cloud, Devbox can be used to generate a Docker container with all your packages installed.

Some context on why we built Devbox can be found in this thread

Hope this helps! Feel free to message me on our Discord Server if you'd like to discuss more.

[lucasjinreal]

@Lagoja Hi, if so, what if direclty using devbox packaged env to server for deploy to cloud? Why still need export to docker container?