DevOps & Infra Container Runtime stable
Podman
Daemonless rootless container engine by Red Hat
25.0K stars
400 contributors
Since 2020
Daemonless rootless container engine by Red Hat
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
128 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: rootless-containerization
- ✓ Primary: docker-replacement
- ✓ Primary: kubernetes-pod-testing
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Smaller ecosystem than Docker
- ✕ Docker Compose support less mature
- ✕ Some Docker tools don't work
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 25.0K
Contributors 400
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Red Hat
Funding corporate
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general