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brew install podman v5.8.3 Apache-2.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later

Go command-line tool for managing OCI containers and pods without requiring a daemon.

Why you might care

Podman provides daemonless container runtime compatible with Docker CLI syntax, making it a drop-in replacement for Docker workflows. It runs containers in user namespaces for improved security and doesn't require elevated privileges for basic operations. Choose it over Docker if you want rootless-by-default containers or prefer avoiding a persistent daemon.

Categories

container-runtime sysadmin

Alternatives

docker containerd runc
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Build dependencies

go go-md2man make

Links

Caveats

In order to run containers locally, podman depends on a Linux kernel.
One can be started manually using `podman machine` from this package.
To start a podman VM automatically at login, also install the cask
"podman-desktop".

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