DevConf.US 2025

Podman Health Check: A Data-Driven Look at Community, Performance, and Trends
2025-09-20 , Hewitt Boardroom (Capacity 35)

Podman has gained significant traction in the container ecosystem, but how is it really doing? This session moves beyond anecdotal evidence to provide a data-driven "health check" on the Podman project using statistics and trend analysis.

We'll delve into key questions, including:
- Community Health: How engaged and vibrant is the Podman upstream community?
- Performance & Footprint: How does Podman measure up in terms of performance benchmarks and resource usage?
- Comparative Landscape: How does Podman stack up against other container management tools in the ecosystem?

Join us for an objective analysis of Podman's current state and trajectory based on real-world data.

Objectives:

Attendees will learn:
- Methods for gathering and analyzing GitHub project data.
- Key metrics and trends to monitor for open-source project health.
- Practical approaches and reusable code snippets for performing similar analyses on their own projects.

Target Audience:
This talk is ideal for project maintainers, open-source community members, developers, and anyone interested in data-driven project analysis.


What level of experience should the audience have to best understand your session?

Beginner - no experience needed

Open Source contributor who worked on Fedora and CentOS and currently working on Podman.

Software Engineer at Red Hat, working on containerization