containerd VS podman

Compare containerd vs podman and see what are their differences.

podman

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods. (by containers)
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containerd podman
125 358
16,131 21,316
3.8% 3.3%
9.9 10.0
7 days ago 4 days ago
Go Go
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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containerd

Posts with mentions or reviews of containerd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

podman

Posts with mentions or reviews of podman. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-26.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing containerd and podman you can also consider the following projects:

Portainer - Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

kaniko - Build Container Images In Kubernetes

rancher - Complete container management platform

nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

Moby - The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

cri-o - Open Container Initiative-based implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface

colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

singularity - Singularity has been renamed to Apptainer as part of us moving the project to the Linux Foundation. This repo has been persisted as a snapshot right before the changes.

toolbox - Tool for interactive command line environments on Linux

DietPi - Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!