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Podman Desktop celebrates 500k downloads

by twelvenmonkeys on 8/21/23, 11:44 PM with 108 comments

  • by anbotero on 8/22/23, 1:54 AM

    Keep it up!

    What trickery does OrbStack[0] use to be fast?

    We went back to Podman Desktop because of the license[1], but the interactions on macOS are almost as slow as Docker Desktop.

    As for Podman itself, happy users here, and our workflows have been working for a while now. We are only missing faster local development.

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    [0]: https://orbstack.dev/

    [1]: https://docs.orbstack.dev/faq#free

  • by Alupis on 8/22/23, 12:44 AM

    Congrats to the Podman team - it's impressive to build anything that gets 500k eyeballs let alone downloads.

    With that said, we have yet to see if Podman can stand the test of time.

    Millions of people flocked to Threads because of a dust-up on Twitter... and then immediately went back to Twitter. Can Podman manage to keep it's traction and continue growing... that will be something to see.

  • by ec109685 on 8/22/23, 12:25 AM

    Still feels crappy what Docker did by being free since inception, becoming the standard and then springing license fees onto companies that couldn't migrate off of it in time.

    Hopefully, podman can solve "basic dcoker desktop" needs for most companies.

  • by user3939382 on 8/22/23, 1:51 AM

    Something feels very wrong about this class of tool (Docker Desktop) being mandatory GUI. I want 0 of the features provided by the GUI that aren't already in the CLI.

  • by taspeotis on 8/22/23, 12:21 AM

    I switched to Podman on Windows, from Docker Desktop, and it was a bit rough 6mo ago but it’s fairly good now.

  • by andersrs on 8/22/23, 2:10 AM

    How is macbook battery life with Podman? Docker really kills battery life.

  • by renewiltord on 8/22/23, 12:40 AM

    My only experience with this software is getting the error

        Error: OCI runtime error: runc: runc create failed: cannot use rootless systemd cgroups manager on cgroup v1
    When I upgraded to a new Ubuntu and ended up with this which I solved by running it as `sudo`. If it were in somewhere critical I'd worry.

  • by willsmith72 on 8/22/23, 12:40 AM

    Anyone know how the performance is vs docker desktop on an Intel mac? I moved to using hosted services for local dev because even 1 container running would kill my MacBook

  • by wiradikusuma on 8/22/23, 3:01 AM

    So Podman Desktop/OrbStack are Docker Desktop replacement?

    Do you need Docker (CLI and Desktop) installed? Or, you should uninstall them first?

  • by jbverschoor on 8/22/23, 2:52 AM

    I will hereby celebrate one week with orbstack!

  • by swozey on 8/22/23, 12:26 AM

    Congrats! I'm glad yall added plugins/extensions awhile back

  • by osigurdson on 8/22/23, 1:40 AM

    It would be a lot more exciting IBM wasn’t behind it.

  • by conradev on 8/22/23, 12:44 AM

    OrbStack functions better than Podman and Docker Desktop combined on macOS: https://orbstack.dev/

    Lightweight, native app, drop in replacement. It is funny that you need to launch an entire web browser to then launch a single container.