Proxmox 9.1’s native OCI container support is promising, but it still feels too unfinished for most home lab workloads.

XDA Developers

A hands-on assessment of the native OCI container support introduced in the technology preview of the upcoming release of the popular virtualization platform. While the feature is promising and represents a meaningful step toward integrating the broader container ecosystem, it currently lacks the polish needed for everyday home lab use. Key gaps include clunky environment variable and bind mount setup, missing workflow support for backups, restores, and networking changes, and an overall experience that still favors Docker inside a VM for reliability. The recommendation is to experiment on spare nodes but avoid relying on it for critical services until the feature matures.

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