diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/k8s/README.md b/packages/twenty-docker/k8s/README.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # README
+DISCLAIMER: The k8s and podman deployments are not maintained by the core team.
+These files are provided and maintained by the community. Twenty core team
+maintains support for docker deployment.
 
 ## Overview
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/podman/README.md b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/README.md
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+# How to deploy twenty on podman
+
+DISCLAIMER: The k8s and podman deployments are not maintained by the core team.
+These files are provided and maintained by the community. Twenty core team
+maintains support for docker deployment.
+
+
+## How to use
+
+1. Edit `.env` file. At the minimum set `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`, `SERVER_URL`, and `APP_SECRET`.
+2. Start twenty by running `podman-compose up -d`.
+
+If you need to stop twenty, you can do so by running `podman-compose down`.
+
+
+### Install systemd service (optional)
+
+If you want to install a systemd service to run twenty, you can use the provided systemd service. 
+
+Edit `twentycrm.service` and change these two variables:
+
+
+	WorkingDirectory=/opt/apps/twenty
+	EnvironmentFile=/opt/apps/twenty/.env
+
+`WorkingDirectory` should be changed to the path in which `podman-compose.yml` is located.
+
+`EnvironmentFile` should be changed to the path in which your `.env`file is located.
+
+You can run the script `install-systemd-user-service` to install the systemd service under the current user.
+
+
+	./install-systemd-user-service
+
+Note: this script will enable the service and also start it. So it will assume that twenty is not currently running.
+If you started it previously, bring it down using:
+
+	podman-compose down
+
+
+
+## Compatibility
+
+These files should be compatible with podman 4.3+.
+
+I have tested this on Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) and with the podman that is distributed with the official Debian stable mirrors (podman v4.3.1+ds1-8+deb12u1, podman-compose v1.0.3-3).
+
+
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/podman/install-systemd-user-service b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/install-systemd-user-service
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
+[ -f twentycrm.service ] || { echo "Error: twentycrm.service not found"; exit 1; }
+cp twentycrm.service ~/.config/systemd/user
+
+
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user enable twentycrm.service
+systemctl --user start twentycrm.service
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/podman/manual-steps-to-deploy-twenty-on-podman b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/manual-steps-to-deploy-twenty-on-podman
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+++ b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/manual-steps-to-deploy-twenty-on-podman
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+if [ ! -f "$(dirname "$0")/.env" ]; then
+    echo "Error: .env file not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+source "$(dirname "$0")/.env"
+
+## steps to cleanup and start over from scratch - useful when testing
+#podman pod stop twenty-pod
+#podman pod rm twenty-pod
+#podman volume rm twenty-db-data twenty-server-data twenty-redis-data
+# end of cleanup
+
+podman volume create twenty-db-data
+podman volume create twenty-server-data
+podman volume create twenty-redis-data
+
+podman pod create --name twenty-pod -p 127.0.0.1:8080:3000
+
+podman run -d --pod twenty-pod --name twenty-db \
+  -e POSTGRES_DB=twenty \
+  -e POSTGRES_USER=twenty \
+  -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD" \
+  -v twenty-db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z \
+  docker.io/library/postgres:16
+
+podman run -d --pod twenty-pod --name twenty-redis \
+  -v twenty-redis-data:/data:Z \
+  docker.io/library/redis:latest
+
+podman run -d --pod twenty-pod --name twenty-server \
+  -e NODE_PORT=3000 \
+  -e SERVER_URL="$SERVER_URL" \
+  -e PG_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://twenty:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@twenty-db:5432/twenty" \
+  -e REDIS_URL="redis://twenty-redis:6379" \
+  -e APP_SECRET="$APP_SECRET" \
+  -e NODE_ENV=production \
+  -e LOG_LEVEL=info \
+  -v twenty-server-data:/app/docker-data:Z \
+  docker.io/twentycrm/twenty:latest
+
+podman run -d --pod twenty-pod --name twenty-worker \
+  --init \
+  -e SERVER_URL="$SERVER_URL" \
+  -e PG_DATABASE_URL="postgresql://twenty:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@twenty-db:5432/twenty" \
+  -e REDIS_URL="redis://twenty-redis:6379" \
+  -e APP_SECRET="$APP_SECRET" \
+  -e DISABLE_DB_MIGRATIONS=true \
+  -e NODE_ENV=production \
+  -e LOG_LEVEL=info \
+  -v twenty-server-data:/app/docker-data:Z \
+  docker.io/twentycrm/twenty:latest \
+  yarn worker:prod
+
+# wait some time, check status
+sleep 30
+podman ps --pod -f name=twenty-pod
+
+
+mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
+if [ ! -f "twentycrm.service" ]; then
+    echo "Error: twentycrm.service file not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+cp twentycrm.service ~/.config/systemd/user
+
+systemctl --user daemon-reload
+systemctl --user enable twentycrm.service
+systemctl --user start twentycrm.service
+
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/podman/podman-compose.yml b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/podman-compose.yml
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+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  db:
+    container_name: twenty-db
+    image: postgres:16
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: twenty
+      POSTGRES_USER: twenty
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+    volumes:
+      - twenty-db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z
+
+  redis:
+    container_name: twenty-redis
+    image: redis:latest
+    volumes:
+      - twenty-redis-data:/data:Z
+
+  server:
+    container_name: twenty-server
+    image: twentycrm/twenty:latest
+    environment:
+      NODE_PORT: "3000"
+      SERVER_URL: ${SERVER_URL}
+      PG_DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://twenty:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@twenty-db:5432/twenty"
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://twenty-redis:6379"
+      APP_SECRET: ${APP_SECRET}
+      NODE_ENV: production
+      LOG_LEVEL: info
+    volumes:
+      - twenty-server-data:/app/docker-data:Z
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:8080:3000
+
+  worker:
+    container_name: twenty-worker
+    image: twentycrm/twenty:latest
+    command: yarn worker:prod
+    environment:
+      SERVER_URL: ${SERVER_URL}
+      PG_DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://twenty:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}@twenty-db:5432/twenty"
+      REDIS_URL: "redis://twenty-redis:6379"
+      APP_SECRET: ${APP_SECRET}
+      DISABLE_DB_MIGRATIONS: "true"
+      NODE_ENV: production
+      LOG_LEVEL: info
+    volumes:
+      - twenty-server-data:/app/docker-data:Z
+    init: true
+
+volumes:
+  twenty-db-data:
+  twenty-server-data:
+  twenty-redis-data:
diff --git a/packages/twenty-docker/podman/twentycrm.service b/packages/twenty-docker/podman/twentycrm.service
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@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=TwentyCRM Container Stack via Podman-Compose
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/apps/twenty
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/apps/twenty/.env
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman-compose -f podman-compose.yml up -d
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/podman-compose -f podman-compose.yml down
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target
+