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Podman DesktopApple container
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, with no company size restriction.

 Free

The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Windows, macOS, Linux macOS, Command line
  • No licence fee regardless of company size
  • Installs and updates Podman itself, so there is one thing to manage
  • Uses OCI-compatible images and is optimized for Apple silicon.
  • Electron, so it is heavy for a dashboard
  • Podman's rootless model behaves differently from Docker in ways that surprise people
  • Requires a supported Apple silicon Mac and macOS release.
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 21, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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