{"id":50981,"date":"2026-04-19T11:57:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=50981"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T11:57:51","slug":"pods-3-0-0-released-with-initial-docker-containers-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/pods-3-0-0-released-with-initial-docker-containers-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Pods 3.0.0 Released with Initial Docker Containers Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-50982\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon-700x700.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pods, the graphical front-end for Podman, released version 3.0.0 in last week.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of this free open-source Gnome application implemented a new backend architecture to support multiple container engines.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Not only Podman, it now also works with your Docker containers. In the &#8220;new connection&#8221; dialog choose either Podman Unix Socket or Docker Unix Socket for containers on local computer, or input a custom URL for remote containers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50983\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-newconnection-700x479.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-newconnection-700x479.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-newconnection-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-newconnection-768x525.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-newconnection.webp 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, it will automatically detect all the containers as well as the images and volumes, and display them in cards with overview of processor, memory, network, port, and disk usage.<\/p>\n<p>With it, you can easily start, stop, pause, kill, rename or delete all existing containers. And, one click to prune (remove) stopped or unused containers, images, or volumes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50984\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-light-700x513.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-light-700x513.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-light-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-light-768x563.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-light.webp 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It also has some built-in utilities to view all container, image, or volume properties in a structured text form, connect to container&#8217;s terminal, view and search through container logs, and view and manager container processes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50985\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/container-utilies-700x439.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/container-utilies-700x439.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/container-utilies-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/container-utilies-768x482.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/container-utilies.webp 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As well, it provides options to pull\/build images, and create new containers on them. For more, see Pods in its <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/marhkb\/pods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">github page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50986\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-pullimage-700x448.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-pullimage-700x448.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-pullimage-300x192.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-pullimage-768x492.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pods-pullimage.webp 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Install Pods in your Linux<\/h3>\n<p>Pods provides official Linux package through <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/en\/apps\/com.github.marhkb.Pods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fedora (with 3rd party repository enabled) and Linux Mint can search and install the package from either GNOME Software or Software Manager.<\/p>\n<p>While Debian, Ubuntu, and other Linux distributions may follow the steps below to install it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/flatpak.org\/setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">enable flatpak support<\/a>. For Debian Ubuntu and their based systems, launch terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then, add the Flathub repository that hosts the Pods flatpak package.\n<pre>flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Finally, install the package via command:\n<pre>flatpak install flathub com.github.marhkb.Pods<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50987\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flatpak-pods-700x462.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flatpak-pods-700x462.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flatpak-pods-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flatpak-pods-768x507.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flatpak-pods.webp 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, either launch it from start menu (or Gnome Overview) and log out and back in if app icon is not visible. Or, run the command below to start from terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak run com.github.marhkb.Pods<\/pre>\n<p>And, you may replace <code>run<\/code> with <code>update<\/code> in last command to check (and install if any) updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall the Flatpak package, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.github.marhkb.Pods<\/pre>\n<p>And, run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useles run-time libraries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pods, the graphical front-end for Podman, released version 3.0.0 in last week. 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