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Pods vs Podman Desktop: catalog facts
Pods	Podman Desktop
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, with no company size restriction.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Native GNOME interface Works with both Podman and Docker, local or remote	No licence fee regardless of company size Installs and updates Podman itself, so there is one thing to manage
Linux only, distributed mainly as a Flatpak No Compose or Kubernetes management mentioned	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: GPL-3.0	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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