[abacate]

I would want this over docker and docker-compose any day.

I've been using docker compose in production for a couple of years now and it adds another layer on top of systemd that is a continuous source of headache, especially during updates.

Podman gets it right: no central daemon, can automatically generate systemd services for a whole pod. Updates are seamless.

This by itself is enough of a reason to me.

[jdoss]

Seconded on the things Podman gets right. Also the isolation of all of the containers in their own network name space makes port management on my workstation super easy. I run many things like Paperless NGX using the same pattern in the start.sh file of my little project. I then use Traefik to route traffic to the right pod. It works great.