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Podman

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Podman

Summary

Podman is a container runtime[1]. Podman draws 3,793 Wikipedia views per month (container_runtime category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Podman's instance of is recorded as container runtime[3].
  • Podman's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[4].
  • Podman's based on is recorded as cgroups[5].
  • Podman's developer is recorded as Matt Heon[6].
  • Podman's developer is recorded as Daniel J Walsh[7].
  • Podman's developer is recorded as Valentin Rothberg[8].
  • Podman's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[9].
  • Podman's programmed in is recorded as Go[10].
  • Podman's operating system is recorded as Linux[11].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6.0[12].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3.5[13].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.1[14].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.2[15].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.3[16].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.4[17].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.1[18].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.2[19].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.3[20].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.4[21].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.1[22].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.2[23].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.3[24].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.4[25].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.5[26].
  • Podman's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.1[27].

Why It Matters

Podman draws 3,793 Wikipedia views per month (container_runtime category, ranking #2 of 2).[2] Podman has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Podman is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Go Linux

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . redhat.com. redhat.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . podman.io. Retrieved . podman.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'pl', 'ru', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 5.8.8, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/4f8e79524f8d|details]])"
  2. 16d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 5.8.7, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/6f32b4faf4b6|details]])"
  3. 17d ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.1.1"
  4. 4w ago · S8321414 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.1.0"
  5. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/80e159cac05b|details]])"
  6. 12w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 5.8.5, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8a12252ed94f|details]])"
  7. 13w ago · Venca24 · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Guix variable name → podman
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6765]]: podman"
  8. 16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.6.0, 0.3.5, 0.4.1 +170
    Source code repository url → https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P1324]]: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/d7f1fb326c8|details]])"
  9. 16w ago · S8321414 · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Macports port → podman
    Debian wiki article → Podman, podman, pt_BR/Podman
    Gitlab topic id → podman
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 5.8.2"
  10. 19w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Programming language → —
    Based on → cgroups
    Aliases → —
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P3499]]: app-containers/podman, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/132280209|podman (#132280209)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2176|Gentoo pack"
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