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 six alternatives to Container Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, 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 Seabird, Rancher Desktop, Pods and Docker Desktop.

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A familiar desktop graphical interface for the free and open container manager - Podman.

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Container Desktop alternatives page was last updated Mar 27, 2025
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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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

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

    Podman Desktop Features

    1.  Container Virtualization
    2.  Container monitoring
    3.  Cross-Platform
    4. Docker icon  Support for Docker

    Podman Desktop VS Container Desktop

     

    • 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. 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.

    14 Seabird alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
    Seabird screenshot 1

    Seabird Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Kubernetes

    Seabird VS Container Desktop

     
  4. 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.

    34 Rancher Desktop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Rancher Desktop Features

    1.  Kubernetes

    Rancher Desktop VS Container Desktop

     
  5. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Pods screenshot 1

    Pods Features

    1.  Container Virtualization
    2.  Rust

    Pods VS Container Desktop

     
  6. 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.

    10 Docker Desktop alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Docker Extensions

    Docker Desktop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Container Virtualization
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Dark Mode
    5. Docker icon  Support for Docker

    Docker Desktop VS Container Desktop

     

  7. podman-tui

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    Podman Terminal UI.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Alpine Linux
    • CentOS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Gentoo

    podman-tui Features

    1.  Tui

    podman-tui VS Container Desktop

     
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