Podman
| Podman | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Red Hat |
| Stable release | 5.5.1
/ 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 container management tool from Red Hat used for handling containers, images, volumes, and pods on the Linux operating system, with support for macOS and Microsoft Windows via a virtual machine. 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. Podman Desktop provides an alternative to Docker Desktop.