SHshellwizard·Jul 3, 2026
Have you tried podlet[0]?
Not entirely sure if it's compatible with podman v6
[0] https://github.com/containers/podlet
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Generate Podman Quadlet files from a Podman command, compose file, or existing object
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9 sourcesSwapped a few years back (pre 5.0), haven't looked back. For compose files I'd look into using quadlets.
For quick conversions you can use compose files directly with podman-compose or docker compose pointed at the podman socket[0].
There's also podlet[1] which converts compose files into native quadlets. It does a pretty good job of taking care of everything for you and for a lot of simple to medium complexity compose files it will Just Work. There's talk of making it into a library of some kind so other tools can transparently convert compose files to quadlets so hopefully we'll see more stuff like it.
Otherwise, writing your own Quadlet files isn't too hard if you're at all familiar with systemd unit files. Most `docker run` or `podman run` arguments have direct quadlet conversions so once you get used to the INI format versus yaml it'
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s pretty easy to see a compose file and churn out the equivalent quadlet(s).
[0] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/podman-docker-compose
[1] https://github.com/containers/podlet
> It's a tool for user age verification that happens to be something you can use to manage services.
Good talk buddy.
> Did you miss my point about it being a filthy kitchen sink?
I suspect there's not really a point in responding to this since you've already made up your mind.
Nevertheless, yes I am aware the systemd project contains many modular components. Some of which are good (systemd-the-service-manager that is what I was referring to), some of them are bad, and some of them are just odd (still haven't wrapped my head around systemd-homed's purpose). Podman integrates with the systemd service manager, not the rest of the project, so I'm really not concerned about that: there is no point where I am unable to use quadlets because I don't have, say `systemd-timesyncd` installed.
On the gripping hand, Quadlets are just a systemd-genera
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tor so there's nothing stopping you from getting that exact same benefits of Quadlets with some other service manager. You'd just have to write that implementation (and probably your own bespoke service manager) and will probably miss out on some of the niceties systemd provides to anything it manages.
> One of the major selling points of podman is that you dont need a daemon. except maybe yes you do because podman compose sucks so toss that selling point in the trash.
You skipped the second part of my sentence where I reminded you that Podman is daemonless. There is no long-running Podman daemon/service/etc, it is spun up on demand and then stops when the action is done. Having a second process instance is not a daemon, and I'm not sure how you would have expected this to work otherwise.
> Ever had "docker compose" and "docker-compose" do subtly different things which drive your team mate to pull their hair out? I have.
..Take this up with docker?
> Personally I suspect it languished because Red Hat simply cant abide the idea that somebody out there might avoid using systemd for something.
> They happily built a docker compose to quadlets converter but they cant bring themselves to make podman compose not be a piece of shit even though it wouldnt be a lot of work.
I don't think `podman-compose` was ever an official Red Hat project. I don't think there was every really much interest in ironing out all the corner cases, especially before compose was actually fully specced, and once Podman itself implemented the spec the interest has been drying up.
Assuming you're referring to podlet[0] for the latter, that was never a Red Hat project.
[0] https://github.com/containers/podlet
For anyone interested in quadlet, I've discovered a very usefull tool to convert compose files and manifests into quadlets: podlet.
It dramatically speeds up the process of converting the usual provided files into quadlets.
https://github.com/containers/podlet
In Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)You can use podlet to convert compose files to quadlet files. https://github.com/containers/podlet
In Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)I've used Podlet <https://github.com/containers/podlet> somewhat successfully for this.
In Podman Quadlets with Podman DesktopI am part of the Podman Desktop[1] team, and I am personally a big fan of Podman Quadlets!
Recently I took the journey to deep dive into Quadlets, and see how it can be integrated into Podman Desktop. With the extension system we have (very similar to VS-Code), I created an extension called `Podman Quadlets` and wrote a blog on our website[2].
It integrate with Podlet[3] (but I am trying to move away from it, as I am not able to contact the author to address some issues, especially on Windows[4])
With this extension, you can list, generate, remove, edit, access journalctl logs of Quadlets from Podman Desktop. I will continue to work on it, improving it, and adding new features, so if you have some feedback don't hesitate! Suggestion, bug report, all are welcome[5]
You can check it out on the extension repository[6] or, if you have Podman
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Desktop installed, you can found it in `Extensions > Catalog > Podman Quadlet`
If you are curious to learn some basics about Podman Quadlets, I made a talk at FOSDEM 2025 on the topic[7]
[1] https://podman-desktop.io/
[2] https://podman-desktop.io/blog/podman-quadlet
[3] https://github.com/containers/podlet
[4] https://github.com/podman-desktop/extension-podman-quadlet/i...
[5]https://github.com/podman-desktop/extension-podman-quadlet/i...
[6] https://github.com/podman-desktop/extension-podman-quadlet
[7] https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5383-runn...
Just for info, you can use Docker's official compose (Go) client [1] and podlet [2] (mentioned in the article) with podman to run compose files.
[1] https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-serv...
[2] https://github.com/containers/podlet
In Quadlet: Running Podman containers under systemdProtip: if you want to use Podman (or Podman Desktop) with Docker Compose compatibility, you'll have a better time installing podman-compose [1] and setting up your env like so:
alias docker=podman
# If you want to still use Docker Compose
# export PODMAN_COMPOSE_PROVIDER=docker-compose
# On macOS: `brew install podman-compose`
export PODMAN_COMPOSE_PROVIDER=podman-compose
export PODMAN_COMPOSE_WARNING_LOGS=false
Most of my initial issues transitioning to Podman were actually just Docker (and Docker Desktop) issues.
Quadlets are great and Podman has a tool called podlet [2] for converting Docker Compose files to Quadlets.
I prefer using a tool like kompose [3] to turn my Docker Compose files into Kubernetes manifests. Then I can use Podman's Kubernetes integration (with some tweaks for port forwarding [4]) to replace Do
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cker Compose altogether!
[1] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
[2] https://github.com/containers/podlet
[3] https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose
[4] https://kompose.io/user-guide/#komposecontrollerportexpose