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Transitioning from Docker to Podman - Red Hat Developer; HN
Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit · emersion; Aug 2025 via HN, see also abiosoft/colima: Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
Colima is an alternative for podman on macOS
- Simple CLI interface with sensible defaults
- Automatic Port Forwarding
- Volume mounts
- Multiple instances
- Support for multiple container runtimes
- Docker (with optional Kubernetes)
- Containerd (with optional Kubernetes)
- Incus (containers only)
User Notes
Add docker.io to podman container registry
Edit /etc/containers/registries.conf and add the following:
[registries.search]
registries = ['docker.io', 'quay.io', 'registry.fedoraproject.org']
[registries.insecure]
registries = []
[registries.block]
registries = []