The appeal of Podman is the default rootless containers in my opinion. You can get there in Docker as well, but it takes action on your part. I personally run rootless docker containers, orchestrated with k8s, but either choice is going to be fine.

>>5737
I would pretty much 100% recommend Podman or if you want to be experimental: bootc (which I believe Podman is moving towards?).

Only real usecase for docker these days is either legacy infrastructure (some old k8) or some stubborn old software that refuses to work with Podman but works in Docker.

I do know Docker Compose can fail when you use the Podman equivalent.

Mainly due to the fact that it's rootless, yes you CAN make Docker rootless but might as well spend the time learning Podman by then.

>newest hot open source technology
3years ago? Podman is just docker with security clearance and training wheels for k8s integrated.
Then again all of these things are low key "if you gotta ask, you don't need it" territory. For a single service "neither" is probably the actual answer you're looking for.