Container Desktop Alternatives

Container Desktop is described as 'A familiar desktop graphical interface for the free and open container manager - Podman' and is an app in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Container Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Linux, Windows, Flathub and CentOS apps. The best Container Desktop alternative is OrbStack. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try OrbStack or Podman Desktop. Other great apps like Container Desktop are Rancher Desktop, podman-tui, Pods and Docker Desktop.

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Alternatives list

  1. OrbStack icon
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    OrbStack is an alternative to Docker Desktop for macOS, designed to offer improved performance for Docker and virtual machines on Linux running on Mac computers. It addresses performance issues that have been experienced in the past, particularly on models with Apple Silicon.

    10 OrbStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • OrbStack is the most popular Mac alternative to Container Desktop.

    • OrbStack is the most popular free alternative to Container Desktop.

    • OrbStack is Free Personal and ProprietaryContainer Desktop is Free and Open Source
    • OrbStack is LightweightContainer Desktop is not according to our users
  2. Podman Desktop icon
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    This tool allows to browse, manage lifecycle of containers, inspect containers, images from different container engines. It includes a tray icon support. It can connect to multiple engines at the same time and provides an unified interface.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • Podman Desktop is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Container Desktop.

    • Podman Desktop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Container Desktop.

    • Podman Desktop is Free and Open SourceContainer Desktop is also Free and Open Source
  3. Seabird icon
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    Seabird is a native cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client that makes it super easy to explore your cluster's resources. We aim to visualize all common resource types in a simple, bloat-free user interface.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
     
  4. Rancher Desktop is an open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux. It provides Kubernetes and container management. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5.  2 likes

    Podman Terminal UI.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Alpine Linux
    • CentOS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Gentoo
     
  6. Pods icon
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    Pods is a frontend for podman. It uses libadwaita for its user interface and strives to meet the design principles of GNOME.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. Docker Desktop is a one-click-install application that lets you to build, share, and run containerized applications and microservices.

    12 Docker Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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