Podman Desktop Alternatives

Podman Desktop is described as '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' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Podman Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Flathub and CentOS apps. The best Podman Desktop alternative is OrbStack. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OrbStack or Seabird. Other great apps like Podman Desktop are Pods, podman-tui, Docker Desktop and Container Desktop.

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  1. 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
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    • OrbStack is the most popular Mac alternative to Podman Desktop.

    • OrbStack is the most popular free alternative to Podman Desktop.

    • OrbStack is Free Personal and ProprietaryPodman Desktop is Free and Open Source
    • OrbStack is LightweightPodman Desktop is not according to our users
  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.

    18 Seabird alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
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    • Seabird is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Podman Desktop.

    • Seabird is the most popular Open Source alternative to Podman Desktop.

    • Seabird is Free and Open SourcePodman Desktop is also Free and Open Source
  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.

    43 Rancher Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  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. 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
     
  9. Container Desktop icon

    Container Desktop

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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