What problem it solves

Developers and administrators need to manage container images, volumes, container lifecycles, networking, and grouped pods across Linux, macOS, and Windows. They also need interfaces for local, remote, Docker-compatible, and advanced programmatic workflows.

Key features

• Container and image lifecycle management — Manage image pulling, creation, pushing, and container creation, execution, checkpointing, restoration, and removal through the command-line interface.

  Source: README

• Rootless and resource-isolated operation — Run containers and pods without root or other elevated privileges while maintaining container and pod resource isolation.

  Source: README

• Local, remote, and API interfaces — Use a Docker-compatible command-line interface for local or remote containers, and access advanced functionality through a REST API.

  Source: README

• Cross-platform virtual machines — Use Podman-managed virtual machines to run containers on macOS and Windows in addition to native Linux operation.

  Source: README

Quick start

Copied verbatim from the project's README.

$ podman run quay.io/podman/hello
Trying to pull quay.io/podman/hello:latest...
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob a6b3126f3807 done
Copying config 25c667d086 done
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
!... Hello Podman World ...!

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Project:   https://github.com/containers/podman
Website:   https://podman.io
Documents: https://docs.podman.io
Twitter:   @Podman_io

Who it may suit

This project may suit developers, operators, and contributors who need to manage OCI containers and pods locally or remotely, including in rootless and cross-platform environments.

Topics to discuss

• How should rootless container workflows be improved across supported operating systems?

• Which container and pod-management workflows should receive more examples and tutorials?

• How should the command-line and REST interfaces evolve while retaining compatibility?

Written by ReadmeX AI from the project's README, source and public GitHub data; it may contain mistakes.

Read the original README https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman#readme

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