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Podman

Daemonless, open source, Linux native tool for managing OCI containers and images.

Field note

What it does

Podman is a daemonless, open source, Linux native tool designed to make it easy to find, run, build, share and deploy applications using OCI Containers and Container Images. It provides a CLI familiar to Docker users and supports rootless containers.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Container Lifecycle Management Rootless Operation OCI Compliant Container Management RESTful API Remote Client Volume Management Image Management Pod Management

Daemonless

Podman does not require a daemon, unlike Docker.

Daemonless Architecture

Podman does not require a daemon to run containers, reducing resource usage and improving security.

Docker Alias

Can be aliased to docker for compatibility.

Docker-Compatible CLI

Libpod Library

Manages pods, containers, images, and volumes via libpod.

Multi-platform Client

Client supported on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

OCI Compliant

Uses OCI compliant container runtime.

Rootless

Containers can be run by non-privileged users.