# podman

- Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/podman
- Date: 2020-11-20

Homepage: [Podman](https://podman.io/)

[Transitioning from Docker to Podman - Red Hat Developer](https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/11/19/transitioning-from-docker-to-podman/); [HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25165195)

[Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit · emersion](https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/using-podman-compose-and-buildkit/); Aug 2025 [via HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44971212), see also [abiosoft/colima](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima): Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup


[Colima](https://github.com/abiosoft/colima) is an alternative for podman on [macOS](https://shared.btbytes.com/p/macos)

- Simple CLI interface with sensible defaults
- Automatic Port Forwarding
- Volume mounts
- Multiple instances
- Support for multiple container runtimes
    - [Docker](https://docker.com/) (with optional Kubernetes)
    - [Containerd](https://containerd.io/) (with optional Kubernetes)
    - [Incus](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus) (containers only)

## User Notes

### Add docker.io to podman container registry

Edit `/etc/containers/registries.conf` and add the following:

```toml
[registries.search]
registries = ['docker.io', 'quay.io', 'registry.fedoraproject.org']

[registries.insecure]
registries = []

[registries.block]
registries = []
```