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title: "Welcome!"
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aliases:
  - /docs/overview
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minikube quickly sets up a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. We proudly focus on helping application developers and new Kubernetes users.

![Screenshot](/images/screenshot.png)

🎉 Latest Release: v1.24.0 - Nov 05, 2021 ([changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md))

## Highlights

* Supports the latest Kubernetes release (+6 previous minor versions)
* Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
* Deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal
* Multiple container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd, docker)
* Docker API endpoint for blazing fast [image pushes]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/pushing.md#pushing-directly-to-the-in-cluster-docker-daemon" >}})
* Advanced features such as [LoadBalancer]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/accessing.md#loadbalancer-access" >}}), filesystem mounts, and FeatureGates
* [Addons]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/deploying.md#addons" >}}) for easily installed Kubernetes applications
* Supports common [CI environments](https://github.com/minikube-ci/examples)


## Survey

We have a [fast 5-question survey](https://forms.gle/Gg3hG5ZySw8c1C24A) to learn how & why you are using minikube, and what improvements we should make. We would love to hear from you! 🙏

---
title: "Welcome!"
linkTitle: "Documentation"
no_list: true
weight: 1
aliases:
  - /docs/overview
---

minikube quickly sets up a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. We proudly focus on helping application developers and new Kubernetes users.

![Screenshot](/images/screenshot.png)

🎉 Latest Release: v1.24.0 - Nov 05, 2021 ([changelog](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md))

## Highlights

* Supports the latest Kubernetes release (+6 previous minor versions)
* Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
* Deploy as a VM, a container, or on bare-metal
* Multiple container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd, docker)
* Direct API endpoint for blazing fast [image load and build]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/pushing.md" >}})
* Advanced features such as [LoadBalancer]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/accessing.md#loadbalancer-access" >}}), filesystem mounts, and FeatureGates
* [Addons]({{< ref "/docs/handbook/deploying.md#addons" >}}) for easily installed Kubernetes applications
* Supports common [CI environments](https://github.com/minikube-ci/examples)


## Survey

We have a [fast 5-question survey](https://forms.gle/Gg3hG5ZySw8c1C24A) to learn how & why you are using minikube, and what improvements we should make. We would love to hear from you! 🙏

Make the Docker API endpoint docs more generic
Make the Docker API endpoint docs more generic

There might not be any local docker daemon to push from,
and there might not be any remote docker daemon to push to.

But user can still load container images from cache tarballs,
and build new container images from a local build context...
