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.
Podman Desktop is an open-source Electron desktop application that provides a graphical interface for developers to work with containers and Kubernetes. Built with Svelte 5+, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS 4+, it supports multiple container engines including Podman, Docker, Lima, and CRC through a plugin-based extension system. The project uses an Electron multi-process architecture organized as a pnpm monorepo, with testing powered by Vitest for unit tests and Playwright for end-to-end tests, and is maintained with strict TypeScript type checking, ESLint, and Biome for code quality.