Welcome to Podman Container Tools — a collection of open source tools for building, managing, and working with OCI containers and images. These projects are part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
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Podman - A tool for managing OCI containers and pods. Podman provides a Docker-compatible command line that operates without requiring a daemon.
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Buildah - A tool that facilitates building OCI images. Buildah specializes in creating container images without requiring a full container runtime.
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Skopeo - Work with remote image registries: retrieve information, copy images, sign content, and more — all without requiring a container runtime.
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container-libs - Monorepository with libraries used by the containers projects, including common, storage, and image libraries.
We're a community-driven project and welcome your participation!
- IRC:
#podmanon libera.chat - Matrix: Podman Matrix Room
- Discord: Join our Discord server
- GitHub Discussions: Ask questions and share ideas in our project repositories
- Podman: @podman_io
- Buildah: @buildah_io
We welcome contributions! Each project has its own Contributing Guidelines, and we follow a Code of Conduct across all repositories.
To get started:
- Check out the issues in the repository you're interested in
- Read the contributing guidelines for that project
- Join our community channels to connect with maintainers and other contributors
If you discover a security vulnerability, please refer to our Security and Disclosure Policy for reporting procedures.
