It does… in the same sense that docker (the program/tool) does, that is: both are not container runtimes (such as containerd which docker uses, or runc and crun which are the options typically used with podman) but a container management tool that control a container runtime. So you would indeed use podman to create a container just like you would with docker.
As for building images, buildah is the tool most used in the podman community for that. and yes, both podman and docker can handle containerfiles (what is/was called "dockerfiles" in the docker world)
> need something for my weird windows+wsl setup
oh, well, uhm, my condolences for that. Luckily I never had to use that for containers, but a quick look on the podman homepage tells me that they also offer a virtualized WSLv2-based distribution for Windows users: https://podman.io/getting-started/installation.html#windows
…And of course, there is Podman Desktop if you want something more click-UI-based than the command line podman (never really tried it though, so I can't really say if it's good or not): https://podman-desktop.io/
It does… in the same sense that docker (the program/tool) does, that is: both are not container runtimes (such as containerd which docker uses, or runc and crun which are the options typically used with podman) but a container management tool that control a container runtime. So you would indeed use podman to create a container just like you would with docker.
As for building images, buildah is the tool most used in the podman community for that. and yes, both podman and docker can handle containerfiles (what is/was called "dockerfiles" in the docker world)
> need something for my weird windows+wsl setup
oh, well, uhm, my condolences for that. Luckily I never had to use that for containers, but a quick look on the podman homepage tells me that they also offer a virtualized WSLv2-based distribution for Windows users: https://podman.io/getting-started/installation.html#windows …And of course, there is Podman Desktop if you want something more click-UI-based than the command line podman (never really tried it though, so I can't really say if it's good or not): https://podman-desktop.io/