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podman-container-tools
podman
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podman-container-tools / podman

podman

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

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What it is

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year140 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-02-23 19:14:17 UTC to 2026-10-23 18:05:58 UTC.

01020302018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 0 submissions, 13 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 2 submissions, 6 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 23 mentions; 2 submissions, 21 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 18 mentions; 2 submissions, 16 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 26 mentions; 9 submissions, 17 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 2 submissions, 8 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 23 mentions; 0 submissions, 23 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 14 mentions; 0 submissions, 14 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC13013
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC826
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC23221
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC18216
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC26917
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1028
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC23023
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC14014

What Hacker News says

10 sources
westurner·Jul 25, 2024
containers/podman > [Feature]: Android support: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/17717 : > There are docker and containerd in termux-packages. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/tree/master/root-p... But Android 13+ supports rootless pKVM VMs, which podman-machine should be able to run containers in; (but only APK-installed binaries are blessed with the necessary extended filesystem attributes to exec on Android 4.4+ with SELinux in enforcing mode.) - Android pKVM: https://source.android.com/docs/core/virtualization/architec... : > qemu + pKVM + podman-machine: > The protected kernel-based virtual machine (pKVM) is built upon the Linux KVM hypervisor, which has been extended with the ability to restrict access to the payloads running in guest virtual machines marked ‘protected’ at the time of creation. > KVM/arm64
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supports different execution modes depending on the availability of certain CPU features, namely, the Virtualization Host Extensions (VHE) (ARMv8.1 and later). - "Android 13 virtualization lets [Pixel >= 6] run Windows 11, Linux distributions" (2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30328692 It's faster to keep a minimal container hosting VM updated. So, podman-machine for Android in Termux might help solve for development UX on Android (and e.g. Android Studio on Android). podman-machine: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-machine.1.h...
In Ask HN: Am I crazy or is Android development awful?
westurner·May 15, 2024
Given a helm chart, also podman kube kubernetes YAML podman-kube-play: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-kube-play.1... helm template: https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_template/ "RFE Allow podman to run Helm charts" https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/15098#issuecomme... helm template --dry-run --debug . --generate-name \ --values values.yaml | tee kube42.yml && \ podman kube play kube42.yml;
In Show HN: Pico: An open-source Ngrok alternative built for production traffic
throwaway74354·Mar 27, 2024
Official guide regarding Ubuntu or Debian will get you podman 3.4.4 in case if Ubuntu 22.04 or 4.3.1 in case of Debian 12. The project is in active development with lots of re-architecturing, deprecations and security fixes. There has to be a way to obtain relatively updated binary packages while not being tied to distribution update cadence. There's still https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/lib... , but it's not what one could consider production ready. Example of why: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/5102#issuecommen...
In Podman 5.0 has been released

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