How to Replace Docker with Podman on a Mac

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  • podman

    Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

  • My understanding is that this old article is no longer the simplest/easiest way of doing this. For that, see https://marcusnoble.co.uk/2021-09-01-migrating-from-docker-t....

    But note that if you're on an M1 you'll run into https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/10577, which is WIP.

  • for-mac

    Bug reports for Docker Desktop for Mac

  • The Docker daemon (likely the HyperKit VM) on the Mac has a tendency to burn CPU cycles, even when there are no containers running. It's pretty common for it to sit at 10-20% of a core all day, and sometimes gets pegged at 100% until you quit.

    There are countless closed issues in the GitHub issue tracker [1] for similar issues, but the symptoms don't seem to go away for me or many of my colleagues.

    It's been a pretty awful experience on Mac for a long time, so any competition is surely welcome.

    [1] https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/3499

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