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Podman Now Supports Docker Compose Files

Since Podman version 3 supports docker compose! No need for extra tools like podman-compose or hacks with podman generate kube. Just install docker-compose and use it with Podman, replacing Docker for a "Dockerless" world.

Since Podman version 3 there is a docker compose support!
For a long time, Podman didn't have exactly the same convenient and quick way to create a multi-container local environment. You had two options:
Use a separate Python-based podman-compose tool, that promises to work seemlessly and without any modifcations
Or use a rather awkward podman generate kube command, which gives you a Kubernetes pod definition. You can then run this yaml with podman play command - awesome idea, in theory.
Now with the new major release, there is no need for extra tools, we can just use Podman and regular docker...