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podman-tui vs Cockpit Podman: catalog facts
podman-tui	Cockpit Podman
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL 2.1 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Manages local or remote Podman over SSH Keyboard-driven interface in any terminal	Browser interface for Podman on a server Integrates with the existing Cockpit console
Requires the podman.socket service on the target machine Uses only standard ANSI colours on Windows	Requires Cockpit to be installed on the server Podman only, not Docker
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: LGPL-2.1
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it 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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