---
name: "kmod"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "kmod"
version: "34.3-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kmod"
---

# kmod(8)

Program to manage Linux Kernel modules

## NAME

kmod - Program to manage Linux Kernel modules

## SYNOPSIS

**kmod** \[**OPTIONS...**\] \[*COMMAND*\] \[**COMMAND\_OPTIONS...**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**kmod** is a multi-call binary which implements the programs used to control Linux Kernel modules. Most users will only run it using its other names.

## OPTIONS

- **-V**, **--version**

  Show the program version and exit.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show the help message.

## COMMANDS

**help**

Show the help message.

**list**

List the currently loaded modules.

**static-nodes**

Output the static device nodes information provided by the modules of the currently running kernel version.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page originally Copyright 2014, Marco d'Itri.

## SEE ALSO

[**lsmod**(8)](/lsmod/8.md), [**rmmod**(8)](/rmmod/8.md), [**insmod**(8)](/insmod/8.md), [**modinfo**(8)](/modinfo/8.md), [**modprobe**(8)](/modprobe/8.md), [**depmod**(8)](/depmod/8.md)

## BUGS

Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.

## AUTHOR

**kmod** project was started by Lucas De Marchi as a drop-in replacement to module-init-tools that was maintained by Jon Masters, adding a library (libkmod) and additional features.

Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list \<linux-modules@vger.kernel.org\> and Github. If you have a clone of kmod.git itself, the output of [**git-shortlog**(1)](/git-shortlog/1.md) and [**git-blame**(1)](/git-blame/1.md) can show you the authors for specific parts of the project.

**Lucas De Marchi** \<lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com\> is the current maintainer of the project.