| Podman | |
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| Developer(s) | Red Hat |
| Stable release | 5.5.1 [1] / 5 June 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Go |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD |
| Type | OS-level virtualization |
| License | Apache-2.0 license |
| Website | podman.io |
In computing, Podman (pod manager) is an open source Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant [2] container management tool from Red Hat used for handling containers, images, volumes, and pods on the Linux operating system, [3] with support for macOS and Microsoft Windows via a virtual machine. [4] Based on the libpod library, it offers APIs for the lifecycle management of containers, pods, images, and volumes. The API is identical to the Docker API. [5] Podman Desktop provides an alternative to Docker Desktop. [6]
