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Podman Desktop

Manage Podman and other container engines from a single UI.

Completely free
macOS and Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: Apache-2.0 — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub, Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · macOS: Homebrew
Publisher: Red Hat, Inc.
Latest version: 1.30.5 (13 October 2026)
Latest activity: 14 October 2026

Overview

Podman Desktop is a container management program, available on macOS and Linux.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“GUI for container management.” — Wikidata, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Podman Desktop is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Podman Desktop is an open source graphical tool enabling you to seamlessly work with containers and Kubernetes from your local environment. Build, run and manage containers: Build images from Containerfile or Dockerfile. Pull images from remote registries. Start, Stop, Restart containers and pods. Easily get a terminal in your container. Inspect container logs. Push images to OCI registries. Deploy and test images on Kubernetes. Multiple configuration options Manage OCI registries; add, edit, or delete registries. Configure your proxy settings (work in progress.) Configure CPU, memory, and disk of Podman machines (work in progress.) Handle multiple container engines at the same time (Podman, Docker, Lima...) You can also bring new features with Podman Desktop plug-ins or Docker Desktop extensions.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) — 5 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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