Podman

A daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI containers.

Podman is a daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI containers and container images on Linux. Unlike Docker, it operates without a background daemon, using a fork-exec model that launches containers as child processes for improved security and lighter resource usage. Podman supports running containers as non-root users (rootless mode), reducing attack surface significantly. It provides a Docker-compatible CLI so users can alias docker to podman seamlessly, and integrates with systemd for container lifecycle management. With native support for pods (groups of containers), Kubernetes YAML deployment, and Docker Compose via podman-compose, Podman offers a comprehensive, secure container platform. It runs on Linux, macOS (via podman machine), and Windows (via WSL).