Container Desktop Alternatives

Container Desktop is described as 'A familiar desktop graphical interface for the free and open container manager - Podman' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Container Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Flathub and CentOS apps. The best Container Desktop alternative is Podman Desktop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Container Desktop are OrbStack, Seabird, Rancher Desktop and podman-tui.

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  1. Podman Desktop icon

    Podman Desktop

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    This tool allows to browse, manage lifecycle of containers, inspect containers, images from different container engines. It includes a tray icon support. It can connect to multiple engines at the same time and provides an unified interface.

    7 Podman Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Podman Desktop screenshot 1
     

    • Podman Desktop is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Container Desktop.

    • Podman Desktop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Container Desktop.

    • Podman Desktop is Free and Open SourceContainer Desktop is also Free and Open Source
  2. OrbStack icon

    OrbStack

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    OrbStack is an alternative to Docker Desktop for macOS, designed to offer improved performance for Docker and virtual machines on Linux running on Mac computers. It addresses performance issues that have been experienced in the past, particularly on models with Apple Silicon.

    10 OrbStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    OrbStack screenshot 1
     
  4. Seabird icon

    Seabird

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    Seabird is a native cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client that makes it super easy to explore your cluster's resources. We aim to visualize all common resource types in a simple, bloat-free user interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    Seabird screenshot 1
     
  5. Rancher Desktop icon

    Rancher Desktop

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    Rancher Desktop is an open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux. It provides Kubernetes and container management. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images.

    43 Rancher Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  6. podman-tui

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    Podman Terminal UI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Alpine Linux
    • CentOS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Gentoo
     
  7. Pods icon

    Pods

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    Pods is a frontend for podman. It uses libadwaita for its user interface and strives to meet the design principles of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Pods screenshot 1
     
  9. Docker Desktop icon

    Docker Desktop

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    Docker Desktop is a one-click-install application that lets you to build, share, and run containerized applications and microservices.

    12 Docker Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Docker Extensions
     
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