bootc-man: Build, test, and verify bootable containers locally

[tnk4on]

I'd like to share a project I've been working on: bootc-man (bootc manager) — a CLI tool for building, testing, and verifying bootable containers locally.
https://github.com/tnk4on/bootc-man

What it does
bootc-man integrates the full build → test → verify cycle into a single CLI:

• One-command local OCI registry for storing and serving bootc images
• Define multi-stage CI pipelines (validate → build → scan → convert → test → release) in a single bootc-ci.yaml
• Boot converted disk images in local VMs (vfkit on macOS, QEMU/KVM on Linux) and verify via SSH or GUI console
• All CI tools (hadolint, trivy, syft, cosign, bootc-image-builder) run as containers — just Podman + vfkit (macOS) or QEMU/KVM (Linux)
• Dry-run mode shows the actual podman commands under the hood — great for learning bootc build operations

Quick Start

bootc-man init        # generates config + sample pipeline
bootc-man ci check    # verify environment
bootc-man ci run      # run the full pipeline (convert stage requires sudo)
bootc-man vm start    # boot the converted image
bootc-man vm ssh      # connect to the VM

Install

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap tnk4on/bootc-man
brew install bootc-man

Fedora / RHEL / CentOS Stream (COPR)

sudo dnf copr enable tnk4on/bootc-man
sudo dnf install bootc-man

Feedback and contributions are welcome!