Alternatives to Podman Desktop

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Docker Desktop

Docker Desktop is a containerization platform for developers and teams building and deploying containerized applications.

Free planWebLinuxmacOS

From $9 a month

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27.2

OrbStack

OrbStack is a macOS app for running Docker containers and Linux machines, presented as an alternative to Docker Desktop.

Free planAPImacOS

From $8 a month

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37.0

LXD

LXD is an open source platform for managing system containers and virtual machines on Linux.

Free planWebAPILinux

From $25 a year

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   Incus

   Incus is free software for managing system containers, application containers and virtual machines.

   Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
   6.8Free plan
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   Apptainer

   Apptainer is a free container platform for creating and running portable, reproducible workloads, with a focus on shared systems and high-performance computing.

   Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
   6.7Free plan
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6. 6RD

   Rancher Desktop

   Rancher Desktop is a free, open-source desktop application for managing containers and Kubernetes on a local machine.

   Free planAPILinuxmacOSWindows
   6.7Free plan
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   Colima

   Colima provides container runtimes on macOS and Linux with minimal setup.

   Free planLinuxmacOS
   6.5Free plan
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8. 8CR

   crun

   crun is a free OCI container runtime written in C for Linux and self-hosted environments.

   Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
   6.5Free plan
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   Podman

   Podman manages containers, pods, and images, with workflows for finding, running, building, and sharing container workloads.

   Free planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
   6.4Free plan
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    gVisor

    gVisor is free, open-source software that provides a Linux-compatible sandbox and application kernel for isolating containers from the host operating system.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    6.3Free plan
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    youki

    youki is a Linux container runtime written in Rust that implements the OCI runtime specification.

    Free planLinux
    6.3Free plan
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12. 12FI

    Finch

    Finch is a free, open-source tool for local container development on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    6.2Free plan
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13. 13CO

    containerd

    containerd is a free container runtime for managing a host’s container lifecycle, including image transfer and storage, execution, and supervision.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hostedWindows
    6.1Free plan
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14. 14AC

    Apple container

    Apple container creates and runs Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on a Mac.

    Free planmacOSSelf-hosted
    6.0Free plan
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    Mirantis Container Runtime

    Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) is a paid enterprise container engine for running business-critical applications with a supported runtime.

    APILinuxSelf-hostedWindows
    6.0From $1,125 a year
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    Charliecloud

    Charliecloud is free, open source container software for high performance computing applications on Linux.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.9Free plan
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    Kata Containers

    Kata Containers is a free, open-source container runtime that uses lightweight virtual machines to isolate workloads while fitting into the container ecosystem.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.9Free plan
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18. 18LX

    LXC

    LXC is free software for creating and managing Linux system or application containers using containment features in the Linux kernel.

    Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
    5.9Free plan
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    SingularityCE

    SingularityCE is a free, open-source container tool for packaging software into portable, reproducible single files.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.9Free plan
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20. 20FC

    firecracker-containerd

    firecracker-containerd enables containerd to manage containers as Firecracker microVMs, adding an isolation layer through the KVM hypervisor.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.8Free plan
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21. 21OP

    OpenVZ

    OpenVZ is free open-source software for Linux container virtualization.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.8Free plan
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22. 22SY

    Sysbox

    Sysbox is a free, open-source container runtime for running system workloads in rootless containers on Linux hosts.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.8Free plan
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23. 23KU

    Kuasar

    Kuasar is a Linux, self-hosted low-level container runtime for managing container and sandbox lifecycles.

    APILinuxSelf-hosted
    5.7
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24. 24SC

    SCONE

    Free planLinuxmacOSWindows
    5.5Free plan
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    CRI-O

    CRI-O implements the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface so Kubernetes can launch and manage OCI containers.

    APILinuxSelf-hosted
    5.4
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26. 26RU

    runc

    LinuxSelf-hosted
    5.2
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27. 27

    Docker Engine

    LinuxmacOSWindows
    4.9
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