Reasons to Drop Docker for Podman

1. podman

   1 2 3 6.1 Shell

   Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods. (by NotBobTheBuilder)

   

   If you want to use podman some of the more recent podman versions on Ubuntu or Debian, I have a kind of hacky PPA up here - https://github.com/notbobthebuilder/podman

   GitHub actions auto build new version releases for me so major versions become available as soon as they are released and I click the button

2. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. Podman Desktop

   2 33 5,751 10.0 TypeScript

   Podman Desktop is the best free and open source tool to work with Containers and Kubernetes for developers. Get an intuitive and user-friendly interface to effortlessly build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes — all from your desktop.

   

   I wanted to try a while ago so I downloaded Podman Desktop, but I couldn't get past the initial setup due to issues in the desktop app. I was able to reproduce this on two or three Macs, can't recall exactly.

   It has been a long-standing issue but seems as though it is on its way to resolution: https://github.com/containers/podman-desktop/issues/1633.

   I am waiting for a few months to make sure it is all sorted and will try again to see if it works then.

4. netbox-docker

   3 19 2,104 8.4 Python

   🐳 Docker Image of NetBox

   

   Here is netbox's compose file: https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox-docker/blob/relea... -- there is no way I am going to spend the time to translate that into whatever k8s wants. If it isn't broken don't fix it.

5. Testcontainers

   4 13 8,212 9.6 Java

   Testcontainers is a Java library that supports JUnit tests, providing lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.

   

   > I wonder if Rancher Desktop, et al, works with testcontainers.org?

   I don't use testcontainers myself, but it looks like as long as you are using Rancher Desktop >= 1.0.1 you should be just fine.[1]

   [1] https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java/issues...

6. kompose

   5 55 9,984 7.4 Go

   Convert Compose to Kubernetes

   

7. StrategrDesktop

   6 1 320 0.0 C++

   No-Fuss Time Management App

   

   I partially agree with you.

   Docker Compose is still a moving project. Look at the version of the schema. It evolves.

   Kubernetes is also a platform that is moving. And it is moving fast.

   If Kompose was considered `done` by its authors in 2020, I don't think I would even bother trying it out. It probably wouldn't be able to parse recent Docker Compose schemas and it would probably output outdated Kubernetes manifests.

   But, see, yesterday I was looking for a Time Boxing application and stumbled on that one: https://github.com/khrykin/StrategrDesktop/. I dismissed it because the last release was in 2020. But that is an example of an app that could be considered `done` and still useful 3 years later.

   Hence why I partially agree with you. :)

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