DNF (software)
| Dandified Yum | |
|---|---|
DNF5 running on Fedora 41 | |
| Developer(s) | Red Hat |
| Initial release | 18 January 2012 |
| Stable release | 5.2.13.1
/ 24 April 2025 |
| Repository | https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf, https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5 |
| Written in |
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| Operating system | Linux, IBM AIX |
| Platform | RPM |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Package management system |
| License | GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+ & New BSD License |
| Website | rpm-software-management |
DNF (abbreviation for Dandified YUM) is a package manager for Red Hat-based Linux distributions and derivatives. DNF was introduced in Fedora 18 in 2013 as a replacement for yum; it has been the default package manager since Fedora 22 in 2015 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and is also an alternative package manager for Mageia. DNF performs package management tasks on top of RPM, and supporting libraries.