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Best Free & Open Source Tool for Containers & Kubernetes - Podman Desktop
Podman Desktop is the best free and open source tool to work with Containers and Kubernetes for developers. Get an intuitive and user-friendly interface to effortlessly bridge the gap between local development and Kubernetes clusters. Build, manage, and deploy everywhere with ease from a single tool.
Available on Windows, Mac and Linux
Use the same UI across different operating systems
features
Build, run and manage containers.
Inspect
Get a terminal in your container
Inspect logs
features
Work with Pods and Kubernetes
Working with Kubernetes
Play Kubernetes YAML directly with Podman Engine
Generate Kubernetes YAML from pods
Configure
Multiple configuration options
Resources Utilization
Configure CPU/Memory/Disk of Podman machines.
Container Engines
Handle multiple container engines at the same time: Podman, Docker.
extensibility
Bring new features with Podman Desktop plug-ins or Docker Desktop Extensions.
- Container engines are plugged through extension points
- JavaScript extensions can contribute new behaviour
- Reuse existing extensions such as Trivy and OpenShift directly in Podman Desktop
Current Podman Desktop plugins: Podman, Docker, Lima, Kubernetes, and OpenShift Local with the Podman preset.
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