From 23ea6bd38c07dc18b9b2f1f0f2a618546698bbc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bentlybro Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 11:54:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add Podman compatibility warning Podman and podman-compose are not supported as they handle relative paths differently than Docker, causing 'Dockerfile does not exist' errors on Windows. Closes #11358 --- docs/platform/getting-started.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/platform/getting-started.md b/docs/platform/getting-started.md index 4b96d866ad..4dc1ca80a2 100644 --- a/docs/platform/getting-started.md +++ b/docs/platform/getting-started.md @@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ If you initially installed Docker with Hyper-V, you **don’t need to reinstall* For more details, refer to [Docker's official documentation](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/wsl/). +### ⚠️ Podman Not Supported + +AutoGPT requires **Docker** (Docker Desktop or Docker Engine). **Podman and podman-compose are not supported** and may cause path resolution issues, particularly on Windows. + +If you see errors like: +``` +Error: the specified Containerfile or Dockerfile does not exist, ..\..\autogpt_platform\backend\Dockerfile +``` + +This indicates you're using Podman instead of Docker. Please install [Docker Desktop](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/) and use `docker compose` instead of `podman-compose`. + ## Development