Podman Desktop

Build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes locally with desktop applications for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Podman Desktop: Empowering developers to securely build and deploy containers anywhere

Podman Desktop provides a graphical interface for application developers to work seamlessly with containers and Kubernetes in a local environment. The application offers an easy-to-use dashboard to interact with and manage containers, images, pods, and more. Podman Desktop also bridges with the Kubernetes environment, enabling you to deploy your applications and inspect them while optimizing your developer turnarounds.

Podman Desktop equips application developers with a suite of capabilities to streamline the container development lifecycle. Key features include the ability to build, run, deploy, and manage containers with ease. Developers can also execute Kubernetes objects locally using Podman or within local Kubernetes clusters, which provides a seamless transition from development to deployment and improves consistency and predictability.

Podman Desktop also provides capabilities that enable smooth configuration in corporate and restricted environments.

Create, manage, and deploy containers with Podman Desktop and Kubernetes.

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Podman Desktop also supports Red Hat extensions for building, testing, and deploying OCI-compliant, bootable container images using image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

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Podman Desktop 1.16 is here

Podman Desktop 1.16 has new features and enhancements for developers to build containers and Kubernetes for application developers.

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How does Podman Desktop empower developers?

Manage containers

Podman Desktop allows the listing, viewing, and managing of containers in a single unified view. You can also gain easy access to a shell inside the container, logs, and basic controls as well as pull and build images and push them to any registry.

Containers become Kubernetes-ready

Podifying and getting pods for your application is now as easy as selecting containers to run together. You can view unified logs for your pods and inspect the containers inside each one. Play Kubernetes YAML locally, without Kubernetes, or generate Kubernetes YAML from Pods.

Image mode for RHEL on Podman Desktop

Podman Desktop provides Red Hat extensions to access the image mode for RHEL binary from the Red Hat Registry and build, test, and deploy bootable containers on bare metal or virtual machines, whether they're on-premise or on cloud environments.

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Works with Kubernetes

Are you targeting to deploy your containers on Kubernetes? Podman provides key features, which make the transition to Kubernetes easier. Its rootless containers align with Kubernetes' security practices while Podman’s daemonless architecture echoes Kubernetes' container management approach. Podman Desktop also allows you to spin up local Kubernetes clusters, including OpenShift Local, and deploy to those environments.

Enterprise compliance

Podman Desktop can be used behind a VPN and allows proxy configuration. Air-gapped installation is also possible. You can also seamlessly configure an in-house image registry.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for WSL

Run Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Windows environement with RHEL images for WSL without traditional overhead of virtual machines. Leverage Podman Desktop's lightweight and daemonless features to work with containeres and deployment with Kubernetes.

Create customized RHEL images for WSL environment.

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