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Cockpit Podman vs Pods: catalog facts
Cockpit Podman	Pods
Free Free and open source under the LGPL 2.1 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 license.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux
Browser interface for Podman on a server Integrates with the existing Cockpit console	Native GNOME interface Works with both Podman and Docker, local or remote
Requires Cockpit to be installed on the server Podman only, not Docker	Linux only, distributed mainly as a Flatpak No Compose or Kubernetes management mentioned
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-2.1	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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