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Podman Desktop vs Orchard: catalog facts
Podman Desktop	Orchard
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, with no company size restriction.	Free Free to install; the source code is published on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
No licence fee regardless of company size Installs and updates Podman itself, so there is one thing to manage	Native Swift interface instead of an Electron wrapper Built on Apple's own container tooling
Electron, so it is heavy for a dashboard Podman's rootless model behaves differently from Docker in ways that surprise people	macOS only and tied to Apple's container tooling Not a drop-in for Docker-based workflows
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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