OrbStack
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I downloaded the Application directly on MacOS to try it out. I've since deleted it, but I just tried starting a Docker project, and I get an error that there's no Orbstack deamon, but I have no Orbstack installed anywhere:
What exactly did it change in my system and how can I remove it? |
Replies: 11 comments 8 replies
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I now saw that I had to use |
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Yes, there's an uninstallation section on the "Install" page and it's also linked from the FAQ. We do plan to implement automatic Docker context cleanup if possible, but it's very tricky with the standard macOS uninstall flow of dragging the app to the Trash. Quick question: curious to know why you uninstalled OrbStack? Would love to know what we can do better. |
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Nothing wrong with it, but for my setup it wasn’t any faster, and I try to remove any dependencies that aren’t really needed. I’m probably not the target audience, but ran across it and wanted to give it a shot :) |
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Got it, thanks for taking the time to share! |
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How can I remove it? |
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Use |
specifically: docker context rm orbstack |
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It should probably be mentioned as well that Orbstack changes the symlinks to the docker commands, so when uninstalling it, you'll have to fix them. For me, I restarted Docker Desktop, and it gave me a warning that symlinks were broken. It then gave me an option to repair them. |
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this is still valid unfortunately |
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No matter what I do, it remains after uninstallation—it's starting to get annoying. igor@MyMac ~/.orbstack/run ls -l /var/run/docker.sock |
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Pretty shocked that an install script as involved as OrbStack's doesn't ship with any way to undo the clutter it unleashes. I didn't have docker or kubernetes installed prior to having OrbStack, but even if I delete the app and wipe the directories in the (insufficient) install docs, more stuff remains The worst offenders are undoubtedly these binary symlinks, which I'm sure will cause people no end of confusion if they later install some other docker/kubes stuff via homebrew (which lands in /opt) |
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Damn I wish I had never tried orbstack now... |
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You can use this gist. If you install OrbStack, this app replaces docker symlinks, if you uninstall it, the docker commands doesn't work also you need to restore the symlinks. |
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I followed these steps, really appreciated! Did you have to do anything to get the socket back? I get |
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Never mind, found this: https://weinan.io/2023/09/15/docker-macos.html Had to: sudo rm /var/run/docker.sock
docker context ls
sudo ln -s /Users/dain/.docker/run/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock |
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After following the uninstall section, when I opened Docker Desktop, I received the notification shown in the screenshot, which repaired the broken Docker. 
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the uninstallation instruction barely covers all the stuff that OrbStack put into my system! I am actually very unhappy with how intrusive it is. I had to google and claude to find out how to remove it from my system! |
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After removing orbstack, it cleaned up my zsh links where Docker is located. It's truly crap |
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What PoS software this is that doesn't allow me to properly uninstall it... Premiere Brew install, then don't ship brew uninstall. No uninstall scripts, no cleanups, no nothing. To anyone reading this, don't install this malware unless you want to spend 30+ minutes on resolving broken symlinks, Docker not working etc. Talk about not taking responsibility for your software. |
I now saw that I had to use
docker context use defaultto fix it. It'd be good for Orbstack to do it automatically instead of leaving a broken env behind, or maybe have an "Uninstall" section in your docs. I eventually found this under "Installing".