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