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Rancher Desktop

Top AppmacOSelectronv1.24.0

Available onHomebrewGitHub

Runtime

electron

Electron v43.1.1

Size

1636 MB

Architecture

Apple Silicon

Dependencies

912

31 categories

Last Updated

Aug 2, 2026

Security

Excellent

Signed, notarized, hardened

Company

Employees

2,000

Headquarters

Nuremberg

Founded

1992

Industry

software development

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Rancher Desktop is an Electron app (v43.1.1) that uses 912 detected dependencies across 31 categories including Runtime, Networking, Date & Time. It is code-signed and notarized. 1636 MB on macOS (Apple Silicon). Last updated August 2, 2026. Last verified August 2026.

What is Rancher Desktop built with?

912 detected dependencies across 31 categories.

Runtime

1

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Networking

32

h2 WebSocket (ws)url (Rust)send fresh hyper redis socks tonic uri-js hpagent reqwest statuses basic-ftp form-data http-body negotiator node-fetch proxy-addr http-errors proxy-agent content-type isomorphic-ws http-body-util aws-smithy-http golang.org/x/net http-proxy-agent https-proxy-agent socks-proxy-agent content-disposition gRPC grpc-gateway

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Date & Time

4

ms time (Rust)chrono cap-time-ext

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Parser

45

qs der nom pem sax heck onig pest toml yaml gimli plist (Rust)regex (Rust)cookie memchr winnow esprima httpdate jsonfile schemars forwarded toml_edit untrusted xmlparser wasmparser xmlbuilder body-parser media-typer toml_parser toml_writer aho-corasick cpp_demangle range-parser toml_datetime xmldom aws-smithy-xml rustc-demangle aws-smithy-json form_urlencoded ini json jsonparser jsonpath reference jsonpointer

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Validation

2

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Utility

21

crc uuid anyhow Lodash semver strsim ieee754 fastrand inherits once_cell picomatch cross-spawn emoji-regex fixedbitset lazy_static safe-buffer path-to-regexp fast-deep-equal ulid decimal backoff

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Encoding

12

hex idna mime base64 punycode base64-js const-oid iconv-lite base64-simd encoding_rs escape-html percent-encoding

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Data Structure

19

lru phf gemm moka slab tagptr bumpalo tinyvec indexmap petgraph smallvec dyn-stack hashbrown itertools lru-cache sharded-slab generic-array aws-smithy-types formats

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Platform Binding

14

nix libc (Rust)napi rustix sysctl napi-rs cap-primitives node-addon-api node-gyp-build core-foundation spm_precompiled golang.org/x/sys signal-hook-registry system-configuration

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Security

3

sct keyring rustls-native-certs

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Compression

6

tar (Rust)flate2 zstd-safe tar-stream Snappy LZ4

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File System

17

glob which ignore notify tar-fs globset walkdir fs-extra env-paths minimatch same-file graceful-fs fs-set-times normalize-path sanitize-filename tail fsevents

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Auth

3

jose oauth2 openid-client

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I/O

15

pump want bytes ipnet buffer unpipe socket2 anstream httparse matchers raw-body byteorder bytes-utils end-of-stream ansi

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Cryptography

16

rand Ring sec1 ecdsa rustls subtle rfc6979 foldhash aws-sigv4 twox-hash native-tls node-forge stringprep security-framework golang.org/x/crypto xxhash

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CLI

12

ctrlc shlex anstyle argparse clap indicatif termcolor chalk strip-ansi clap_complete term pflag

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Logging

3

debug tracing log (Rust)

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Async Runtime

18

flume p-map Rayon Tokio parking polling arc-swap wasmtime async-mutex parking_lot atomic-waker futures-rs thread_local event-listener crossbeam aws-smithy-async concurrent-queue golang.org/x/sync

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Serialization

6

serde dotenvy js-yaml prost-types Protocol Buffers CBOR

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Web Server

3

Tower Express apiserver

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Build Tool

11

TypeScript addr2line source-map dmg-license target-lexicon cranelift-entity cranelift-native cranelift-bforest cranelift-codegen cranelift-frontend electron-builder

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Database

5

libSQL rusqlite pq sqlx SQLite

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Cloud

13

aws-types aws-config aws-runtime aws-sdk-sso aws-sdk-sts aws-sdk-ssooidc aws-smithy-runtime aws-credential-types aws-smithy-runtime-api Kubernetes JavaScript Client Cloudflare Workers AWS SDK Azure SDK

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Machine Learning

2

tokenizers SafeTensors

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Observability

1

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Internationalization

4

i18n golang.org/x/text FormatJS unicode-segmentation

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Auto Update

2

electron-updater Squirrel

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Media

2

color ImageMagick

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Testing

1

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Desktop Framework

1

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Other

461

b4a wat etag fdir jsbn jsep nopt p256 ssri wast tz-rs abbrev object verror bare-fs bare-os cacache esutils get-uri netmask rfc4648 rustify streamx vaultrs async-io bare-url deadpool err-code num_cpus oci-spec oci-wasm proc-log rtoolbox terminfo ast-types bare-path encodeurl fast-fifo http-auth is-buffer jackspeak wac-graph wac-types watchexec @npmcli/fs agent-base async-lock azure_core estraverse extsprintf ip-address ip_network is-promise k8s.io/api liquid-lib nibble_vec num-bigint oci-client posix-node radix_trie slice-ansi subprocess tinyglobby whatwg-url wit-parser assert-plus bare-events bare-stream comfy-table degenerator fs-minipass has-symbols k8s.io/klog levenshtein liquid-core mysql_async rand_chacha routefinder unique-slug warg-client warg-crypto astral-regex cli-truncate ignore-files k8s.io/utils mysql_common oauth4webapi pac-resolver quickjs-wasi rust_decimal text-decoder unicode-bidi wasm-compose wasm-encoder @isaacs/cliui @npmcli/agent async-process clap-markdown command-group jsonpath-plus promise-retry warg-protocol wasm-metadata wasmtime-wasi wit-component azure_identity k8s.io/klog/v2 k8s.io/kubectl minipass-fetch minipass-flush minipass-sized postgres-types postgres_range stream-buffers async-once-cell dario.cat/mergo gopkg.in/inf.v0 gotest.tools/v3 has-tostringtag pac-proxy-agent path-absolutize unique-filename wasm-pkg-client wasm-pkg-common @pkgjs/parseargs aws-sdk-dynamodb deadpool-runtime foreground-child github.com/kr/fs go.uber.org/mock golang.org/x/mod gopkg.in/tomb.v1 ip_network_table k8s.io/client-go minipass-collect wasmtime-environ wasmtime-wasi-io async-compression azure_data_cosmos deadpool-postgres docker_credential gvisor.dev/gvisor make-fetch-happen minipass-pipeline opentelemetry_sdk postgres-protocol warg-transparency @jsep-plugin/regex data-uri-to-buffer github.com/lann/ps k8s.io/cli-runtime opentelemetry-http opentelemetry-otlp wasmtime-wasi-http @isaacs/fs-minipass candle-transformers exponential-backoff 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github.com/davecgh/go-spew github.com/digitorus/pkcs7 github.com/docker/go-units github.com/go-gorp/gorp/v3 github.com/go-openapi/spec github.com/go-openapi/swag github.com/google/gopacket github.com/huandu/xstrings github.com/inetaf/tcpproxy github.com/mailru/easyjson github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4 github.com/moby/go-archive github.com/moby/spdystream github.com/mxk/go-flowrate github.com/sirupsen/logrus github.com/subosito/gotenv github.com/yuin/gopher-lua google.golang.org/genproto wasmtime-internal-unwinder watchexec-filterer-globset @formatjs_generated/unicode github.com/VividCortex/ewma github.com/cloudflare/circl github.com/containerd/ttrpc github.com/coreos/go-semver github.com/diskfs/go-diskfs github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils github.com/go-errors/errors github.com/go-openapi/loads github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 github.com/json-iterator/go github.com/lestrrat-go/dsig github.com/lima-vm/sshocker github.com/serialx/hashring github.com/sourcegraph/conc github.com/stretchr/testify 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github.com/containerd/errdefs github.com/evanphx/json-patch github.com/fvbommel/sortorder github.com/go-openapi/runtime github.com/inhies/go-bytesize github.com/klauspost/compress github.com/lestrrat-go/httpcc github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/v3 github.com/lestrrat-go/option github.com/mattn/go-colorable github.com/mattn/go-runewidth github.com/modern-go/reflect2 github.com/peterbourgon/diskv github.com/pmezard/go-difflib github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate github.com/tetratelabs/wazero github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc github.com/Masterminds/goutils github.com/chai2010/gettext-go github.com/digitorus/timestamp github.com/dylibso/observe-sdk github.com/emicklei/go-restful github.com/go-openapi/analysis github.com/go-openapi/validate github.com/in-toto/attestation github.com/jonboulle/clockwork github.com/keybase/go-keychain github.com/mattn/go-shellwords github.com/moby/patternmatcher github.com/moby/policy-helpers github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics github.com/shibumi/go-pathspec github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto github.com/agnivade/levenshtein github.com/containerd/platforms github.com/digitalocean/go-qemu github.com/docker/cli-docs-tool github.com/hashicorp/go-version github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir github.com/modern-go/concurrent github.com/pb33f/ordered-map/v2 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 github.com/rancher/remotedialer github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 github.com/containerd/containerd github.com/containerd/continuity github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 github.com/docker/go-connections 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go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/httptrace/otelhttptrace

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Analyzed binary

SHA-256 of the exact binary Rancher Desktop was analyzed from.

SHA-256

453e28efdb67e5ba38fb817b1f05522285825f6dd50115aadea45c8fe558c95d

Security and privacy

Code signing, notarization, and entitlement analysis for Rancher Desktop.

Code Signing

Excellent

Signed

Notarized

Hardened Runtime

Developer ID Application: SUSE LLC (2Q6FHJR3H3)

Entitlements1

com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit

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How popular is Rancher Desktop?

Popularity ranking based on install counts, store ratings, and community signals.

Popularity Tier

Ranked across all macOS apps

Top App

Popularity Score

98

98

Adoption

98

Mindshare

0

Store Rank

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When was Rancher Desktop last updated?

20 tracked releases since August 2024.

Latest: v1.24.0

July 29, 2026

v1.24.0

Jul 29, 2026

v1.23.1

Jun 29, 2026

v1.23.0

Jun 25, 2026

v1.22.3

May 13, 2026

v1.22.2

May 4, 2026

v1.22.1

Apr 30, 2026

v1.22.0

Jan 20, 2026

v1.21.0

Nov 27, 2025

v1.20.1

Nov 1, 2025

v1.20.0

Aug 25, 2025

v1.19.3

Jun 20, 2025

v1.19.2

Jun 17, 2025

v1.19.1

Jun 2, 2025

v1.19.0

May 28, 2025

v1.18.2

Mar 6, 2025

v1.18.0

Feb 19, 2025

v1.17.1

Jan 22, 2025

v1.17.0

Jan 7, 2025

v1.16.0

Sep 20, 2024

v1.15.1

Aug 13, 2024

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Last verified August 2, 2026

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