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podman-tuiPodman Desktop
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

 Free

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

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Manages local or remote Podman over SSH
  • Keyboard-driven interface in any terminal
  • No licence fee regardless of company size
  • Installs and updates Podman itself, so there is one thing to manage
  • Requires the podman.socket service on the target machine
  • Uses only standard ANSI colours on Windows
  • Electron, so it is heavy for a dashboard
  • Podman's rootless model behaves differently from Docker in ways that surprise people
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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