Podman

Podman is a tool used to manage OCI containers, images, units, and pods of container groups. It is based on the libpod library that provides container lifecycle management and does not include the background process (daemon). In addition to the Linux operating system, Podman can also be run on Mac and Windows systems via managed virtual machines.

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VERSIONv6.1.0-rc1
UPDATED5 mo ago
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Common commercial products in this category: Docker Desktop, Red Hat OpenShift, Amazon EKS

What can it do?
  • You can do image management that supports OCI and Docker image formats.
  • You can manage pods of containers and groups of containers.
  • You can run containers and pod root or without additional privileges.
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    I ditched Docker for Podman

    “I made a blog post some years ago about how to create your own VMs with Lima: You can also use this to create a VM for Podman that runs on Fedora, rootful by default: If you go the Lima approach, use `podman system connection add` to add rootful and rootless VMs, then use the…”

  • ↓ NegativeHacker News

    Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop

    “> The problem with podman at the moment (IMO) is version drift. RHEL/Fedora and friends get the latest and greatest (4), Debian/Ubuntu are stuck on 3.x. Podman has no control on this. Each Linux distribution deals with packaging in its own way. If this packaging is not to your…”

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