Pods is a desktop container manager designed around the GNOME desktop conventions. It uses GTK and libadwaita to present container resources in a graphical interface, giving users an alternative to operating Podman or Docker entirely from the command line.
The application can connect to both local and remote container engines. Its scope has broadened beyond its original Podman-only focus: current development supports Podman and Docker, while retaining dedicated handling for pods where the connected engine provides them. The interface brings images, containers, pods, logs and process information together in one desktop application.
Because Pods uses the APIs exposed by the configured engines, it works as a management client rather than introducing another container runtime of its own.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Connect to local and remote Podman and Docker instances.
- Overview screens for images, containers and pods.
- Display detailed information about managed container resources.
- Inspect images, containers and pods from the graphical interface.
- View and search container logs.
- Monitor processes of containers and pods.
- Download images and build them using Dockerfiles.
- Create new containers and pods without leaving the application.
- Start, stop, pause and perform other lifecycle operations on containers and pods.
- Apply lifecycle and deletion operations to multiple selected resources.
- Prune unused images to reclaim storage.
- Rename containers from the interface.
- Uses libadwaita and follows GNOME interface design conventions.
Website: github.com/marhkb/pods
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Developer: Marcus Behrendt
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Pods is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials
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