Podman Desktop is a graphical application for working with containers and Kubernetes from the desktop. It provides a dashboard for common development and administration tasks while still allowing users to work with more than one container engine. It is aimed primarily at application developers.
The application can manage containers, images, pods and volumes, configure OCI registries and connect local container workflows with Kubernetes environments. Podman is a first-class engine, but the interface can also work with Docker and other supported providers. An extension system lets additional container, Kubernetes and developer tooling integrate with the desktop application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Build, run, inspect, debug and manage containers from a graphical interface.
- Create and manage pods alongside individual containers.
- Manage images, volumes and other container resources from the dashboard.
- Work with multiple container engines, including Podman and Docker.
- Configure and use OCI container registries.
- System-tray controls for checking and interacting with container engines.
- Connect to Kubernetes environments and switch between Kubernetes contexts.
- Deploy container workloads to Kubernetes from the desktop workflow.
- Generate Kubernetes-oriented output from local container and pod definitions.
- Extension system for adding integrations and specialised workflows.
- Compose support for developers moving between Compose-based and Podman-based workflows.
- Runs on Linux as well as other major desktop operating systems.
- Designed to keep local container development and Kubernetes operations within one interface.
Website: podman-desktop.io
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Developer: Podman Desktop project
License: Apache License 2.0
Podman Desktop is written in TypeScript. Learn TypeScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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