Extend capabilities with Docker Desktop extensions.

Podman Desktop is able to use Docker Desktop UI plug-ins by adding a wrapper to intercept the API calls.

By adding a Docker Desktop extension, you can extend the capabilities of Podman Desktop.

Extend capabilities with Podman Desktop plug-ins.

Podman Desktop is using plug-ins under the hood to manage the different container engine.

By adding a new plugin, you can extend the capabilities of Podman Desktop.

For example plug a new container Engine likes Podman, Docker, Lima, etc.

Extensions are written in JavaScript/Typescript

It consumes a TypeScript definition of the extension model.

More extension points

Several extension points exists in addition to adding a Provider connection.

User interaction, dialogs, launching commands are among the possible ways to extend Podman Desktop