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Latest stable Podman 5.5.1-Latest stable Podman Desktop 1.19.1-Apache License 2.0

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A growing set of compatible tools

Visual Studio Code includes Podman support

Cirrus CLI allows you to reproducibly run containerized tasks with Podman

GitHub Actions include support for Podman, as well as friends buildah and skopeo

Kind's ability to run local Kubernetes clusters via container nodes includes support for Podman

What people are saying about Podman

Ananth Iyer

@mrananthiyer

I am using @Podman_io for Magento 2 and it is super fast than other container tools. You must try it. #Podman #Magento #magento2

Jul 20, 2023

Shinya Yanagihara

@yanashin18618

I recently started using @Podman_io Desktop, and I like it because it is quite easy and cozy to use. I wish I had used Podman earlier.

https://twitter.com/vitalethomas/status/1671985089675247618

Jun 22, 2023

Fang-Pen Lin 🇺🇸🌈

@fangpenlin

Had some fun digging #podman source code and learned how OCI hooks work. Created an open source OCI hook for archiving #overlayfs mount upperdir 😄 #container

https://github.com/LaunchPlatform/oci-hooks-archive-overlay

Jun 17, 2023

Gerald Venzl 🚀

@GeraldVenzl

My colleague @scoter80 wrote a really cool blog post on how to run @Podman_io Desktop on #Oracle #Linux 9. Hint, hint, he demonstrates it by using Oracle #Database #Free :)

https://blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/run-oracle-database-23c-with-podman-desktop

May 10, 2023

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A decentralized team of open source container tool superheroes comes to the rescue when an asteroid storm threatens the planet. Learn about each tool—Podman, CRI-O, Buildah, Skopeo, and OpenShift—as they redesign the planet's protective shields' container deployment to protect Earth.

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