Podman
Podman runs containers without a central daemon and can run them as a normal user. Its commands mirror the Docker CLI, and it uses the same OCI images.
Key concepts #
- Rootless: containers run without root privileges.
- Daemonless: each container is a child process.
- Pods: group containers like Kubernetes does.
Learn it #
Compare it with the tools in Docker basics and the Docker tutorials.
Install it with Install Podman on Linux.
Related tutorials
- Docker & Rancher Desktop Tutorials
Install Podman on Linux: Rootless Containers as a Docker Alternative
Install Podman, run rootless containers, build images, use pods and volumes, create systemd services and move from Docker with the same commands.
Containers and Orchestration
Docker
Docker is a platform to build, ship and run applications in containers: lightweight, isolated processes created from portable images.
- Containers and Orchestration
BuildKit
BuildKit is the modern build engine of Docker: parallel, cache-aware and able to build multi-platform images with docker buildx.