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a script to run docker-compose.yml using podman

35 mentions on Hacker News by 32 people: 1 story, 34 comments · first 2019-09-12 · latest 2026-07-03

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  1. …just as well as Docker in 99.99% of my cases ... so yes except for the last .01% (e.g. rather niche https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/792 ) is now my default container engine.
    comment by utopiah · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0
  2. …(the implementation referenced in the first sentence of your quote) does not call docker-compose: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by messe · 2026-07-03 · in Podman v6.0.0
  3. No watch support in compose: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/792
    comment by silverwind · 2026-02-25 · in Red Hat takes on Docker Desktop with its enterprise Podman Desktop build
  4. …icky when using it where its default or configuration options were less funnel-you-into-docker.com. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by GCUMstlyHarmls · 2026-01-18 · in Docker.how – Docker command cheat sheet
  5. …then exit on its own), which is a hassle. I'm considering going back to using Docker Engine. [1] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/1072
    comment by dns_snek · 2025-09-24 · in Podman Desktop celebrates 3M downloads
  6. …`watch` option is not yet supported[1]. Huge blocker for adoption in local development. [1]: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/792
    comment by bigbong · 2025-09-06 · in I ditched Docker for Podman
  7. …no idea if it works remotely. "podman image scp" [1] looks like it could be helpful though. [0]: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose [1]: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-image-scp.1...
    comment by gucci-on-fleek · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman
  8. …Are you simply facing issues setting it up, or are you hitting some bugs or missing features? [1] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose [2] https://compose-spec.io/ [3] https://github.com/docker/compose [4]…
    comment by goku12 · 2025-09-05 · in I ditched Docker for Podman
  9. …will be great once all of these bugs are ironed out, but for me, it's not quite there yet. [1]: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/pull/1283 [2]: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/127
    comment by heavensteeth · 2025-08-21 · in Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit
  10. …I can't find a conclusive list anywhere. Other than searching GH issues for bugs like: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/655#issu... RE debugging spam, the only thing I can think you're referring to can be turned off by…
    comment by Nezteb · 2025-02-23 · in Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker
  11. …integration (with some tweaks for port forwarding [4]) to replace Docker Compose altogether! [1] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose [2] https://github.com/containers/podlet [3] https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose [4]…
    comment by Nezteb · 2025-02-21 · in Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker
  12. Use podman-compose? https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-compose.1.h... https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by darrenf · 2025-02-21 · in Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker
  13. …is usually the directory name.) Source code for the feature is here if you care to inspect it: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/blob/f6dbce3618... Admittedly, I'm still on podman 4.3.1, but I don't see any reason why this would…
    comment by lolinder · 2024-01-13 · in Exploring Podman: A More Secure Docker Alternative
  14. Can someone link me to what Compose means in this context? Google takes me to https://github.com/containers/podman-compose but I just wanna make sure that's what they are talking about.
    comment by ksynwa · 2023-11-04 · in Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
  15. …compose just a little bit of love. It's been in a perpetual alpha state for a few years now. E.g. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/626 https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues/489 The PRs are being neglected…
    comment by pydry · 2023-11-03 · in Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
  16. …changer. Yea Podman compose exists. I’ll add a section about docker compose to it in an update. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by gigatexal · 2023-05-17 · in Getting Podman running on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  17. re: docker-compose Have you tried https://github.com/containers/podman-compose ?
    comment by rvieira · 2023-01-07 · in Podman in Action
  18. …else... Except for: - Docker Compose (because podman-compose has a large amount of open issues https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues) - Docker Swarm (since Docker provides a lightweight orchestrator out of the box), you'd…
    comment by KronisLV · 2021-09-29 · in Podman in Linux
  19. …[0]. It's not always a 100% drop-in replacement, but gets you pretty far in my experience. [0] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by Cu3PO42 · 2021-09-09 · in How to Replace Docker with Podman on a Mac
  20. …no service or supporting software which needs to run beyond the capabilities baked into Linux. [0] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose EDIT TO ADD: I run Linux both on desktop and server so I have no data for usage in Windows/Mac.…
    comment by alias_neo · 2021-09-04 · in Migrating from Docker to Podman
  21. More love needs to go into docker-compose for podman. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by geenat · 2021-09-02 · in Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
  22. …I get a notification from GitHub about a new tagged release. As a bonus, the podman-compose script https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/ is getting good too!
    comment by aorth · 2021-09-02 · in Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods
  23. …away from Docker. [1] https://www.portainer.io/ [2] https://github.com/containers/podman/issues [3] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose/issues
    comment by KronisLV · 2021-05-02 · in Ignoring Docker updates is a paid feature now?
  24. See Podman-compose: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by tediousdemise · 2021-05-02 · in Ignoring Docker updates is a paid feature now?
  25. …needing `--format=docker`; I’ve pushed images to Docker Hub without doing that without issue. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by amarshall · 2020-10-28 · in Fedora 33
  26. …deployments that need multiple containers locally. There is podman-compose as a drop-in ( https://github.com/containers/podman-compose ), but last i checked it wasn't supported by or developed by RedHat themselves, hence no first-party…
    comment by KronisLV · 2020-10-18 · in Docker Certified Associate Exam Preparation Guide
  27. podman-compose works fine for me, despite being advertised as "still under development". https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by throwaway8941 · 2020-05-13 · in Linux containers in a few lines of code
  28. …* Podman https://podman.io/ * Buildah: https://github.com/containers/buildah * Podman-Compose: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by hiram112 · 2020-04-27 · in Mastering systemd: Securing and sandboxing applications and services
  29. > Unless you need docker-compose! There's a solution for that :) (Note: still somewhat beta quality) https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by thenewnewguy · 2019-12-18 · in Linux 3.8 introduced unprivileged user namespaces [pdf]
  30. There's a podman-compose project that implements the docker-compose functionality leveraging podman: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by Conan_Kudo · 2019-11-17 · in Podman and Buildah for Docker Users
  31. …and buildah represent. What i dont like is the way they break at least part of the ecosystem. [1] https://github.com/containers/podman-compose [2] https://github.com/portainer/portainer/issues/2991 [3]…
    comment by cabraca · 2019-11-17 · in Podman and Buildah for Docker Users
  32. It's under development: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by toma1k · 2019-10-18 · in Docker Compose reads your “.env” without opt-out
  33. https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by ptman · 2019-09-12 · in Dissatisfied with Docker
  34. …will be covered by the separately maintained podman-compose, which was recently transferred here: https://github.com/containers/podman-compose
    comment by 3131s · 2019-09-12 · in Dissatisfied with Docker