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Docker vs Podman

A side-by-side look at Docker and Podman. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Docker

Docker

Development

Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. It allows developers to package applications into containers—standardized executable components combining application source code with the operating system (OS) libraries and dependencies required to run that code in any environment.

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Podman

Podman

Os & Utilities

Podman is an open source container engine that is designed to be an alternative to Docker. It allows users to run OCI-compliant Linux containers and build container images without relying on a daemon process like Docker does.

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