Containers and Kubernetes for application developers

Podman Desktop is an open source graphical tool enabling you to seamlessly work with containers and Kubernetes from your local environment.

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Available on Windows, Mac and Linux

Use the same UI across different operating systems

Windows

exe or setup.exe

macOS

arm64, x64 or unified dmg

brew install podman-desktop

Linux

Flatpak or AMD64 binary (tar.gz)

features

Build, run and manage containers.

Build

Build images from Containerfile or Dockerfile

Run

Pull images from remote registries

Start / Stop / Restart containers

Inspect

Get a terminal in your container

Inspect logs

Push

Push images to OCI registries

Deploy & Test images on Kubernetes

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features

Work with Pods and Kubernetes

Working with pods

Create Pods from existing containers

Create, start, inspect and manage pods

Working with Kubernetes

Play Kubernetes YAML directly with Podman Engine

Generate Kubernetes YAML from pods

Deploy to existing Kubernetes environments

Running Kubernetes on your workstation with Kind and Podman

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Configure

Multiple configuration options

Registries

Manage OCI registries. Add/edit/delete registries.

Proxy

Configure your proxy settings.

Resources Utilization

Configure CPU/Memory/Disk of Podman machines.

Container Engines

Handle multiple container engines at the same time: Podman, Docker, and Lima.

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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update

Install and keep up to date Podman

Install Podman and other dependencies directly from Podman Desktop if not yet installed.

Check for updates and get notified about new changes.

Available on Windows and macOS!

enterprise

Enterprise ready

Match configuration options.

Code signing

Signed binaries for both macOS and Windows

Proxy

Configure proxy within the tool. Avoid any painful files to edit.

Registries

Manage OCI registries. Add/edit/delete registries.