Hello all! I'm getting started using Rancher Desktop on a Mac with my team. My containers start properly with

docker compose up -d

from the command line, but I can find no reference to them in the Dashboard.

i think the dashboard is kubernetes focused and doesn’t show plain docker ps results

Oh jeesh. That was my primary use for Docker desktop. Any alternatives?

RD works fine for running containers, but if you need that GUI than maybe podman desktop might fit the need.

That GUI would be nice. Does Podman Desktop replace Rancher Desktop?

it doesn’t have kubernetes support so not a drop in for RD, but if you just want a container UI it will manage the WSL2 just like DD and RD. There are other projects out there as well that can just connect to your DOCKER_HOST and visualize what is running.

Thanks! I think Podman will work for now

you may want to create a docker context or manually create a DOCKER_HOST env var if you use tools that assume docker cli vs nerdctl https://podman-desktop.io/docs/migrating-from-docker/using-the-docker_host-environment-variable