We are extremely excited to share that Podman Desktop just crossed 3,000,000 downloads! This is a huge step for the project and we are incredibly thankful for how each of you has helped! This milestone belongs to you. You file issues, suggest features, build extensions, teach teammates, and nudge us to make the day-to-day better. Thank you for helping turn an idea into a tool people rely on.
To celebrate this milestone, and thank you, we built a small surprise: https://3m.podman-desktop.io
We are grateful for all the feedback we have been receiving, here is just a short collection:
“Lovely to have all containers in one tool. Thanks!” - anonymous user feedback
"Podman Desktop is a total win." - balancedchaos Reddit (r/podman)
“Great project! Small improvements each time make it strong long-term.” - anonymous user feedback
"The experience has been nice, and the ability to run containers under user without going root is definitely nice." - ajyotirmay Hacker News
“You are doing a great job! Thanks to you I always recommend podman whenever 'docker' comes out in conversations” - anonymous user feedback
“OMG this tool is amazing. Tutorial was great. Much easier than minikube.” - anonymous user feedback
We read every comment. Yes, even the spicy ones. That feedback shapes our roadmap and helps us focus on the work that makes the biggest difference.
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