Alternatives to podman-tui

A terminal user interface for managing Podman containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as podman-tui.

  • lazydocker

    A terminal dashboard for Docker and Compose, so you stop typing ps, logs and restart over and over.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    lazydocker is a terminal dashboard aimed at Docker and Compose rather than Podman, shipped as one static Go binary and requiring Docker socket access.

  • oxker

    View and control Docker containers from a terminal interface.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    oxker is an MIT-licensed terminal interface for viewing and controlling Docker containers, so it requires a Docker daemon instead of the podman.socket service.

  • dry

    Terminal dashboard for Docker containers, images and Swarm services.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    dry is a terminal dashboard for Docker containers, images and Swarm services with remote daemon support, but works with Docker only and upstream activity is sparse.

  • Pods

    A GNOME desktop app for managing Podman and Docker containers, pods and images.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Pods is a graphical GNOME app for Podman and Docker containers on Linux, working locally or remotely instead of in a terminal.

  • Cockpit Podman

    A plugin for the Cockpit web console that manages Podman containers from a browser.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Cockpit Podman manages Podman containers from a browser through the Cockpit web console, which must be installed on the server first.

  • Podman Desktop

    A desktop app for containers and Kubernetes that does not need a paid licence at a certain company size.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Podman Desktop is a graphical Electron app for Windows, macOS and Linux that also installs Podman and handles Docker and Kubernetes clusters.

Also worth comparing

These listings name podman-tui as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • ctop

    Watch container resource use in a terminal dashboard.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxmacOSCommand line

    podman-tui is a terminal interface focused on Podman, managing containers, images and other resources on local or remote machines over SSH.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.