Red Hat this week made available of the open source Podman tool it created for developing, managing and running containers.

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Red Hat has launched an enterprise-supported build of Podman Desktop, the open source container development tool previously donated to the CNCF. The move responds to demand from regulated industries and risk-averse enterprises that require vendor-backed support before adopting open source tooling. Podman Desktop bridges local developer environments with Kubernetes production clusters and has surpassed three million downloads. Industry analysts note this signals container-based workflows have matured into mainstream enterprise use, removing procurement and audit blockers for organizations that couldn't previously adopt unsupported open source software.

Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman Desktop Tool for Containers