---
name: "podman-artifact-extract"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "podman"
version: "6.1.4-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/podman-artifact-extract"
---

# podman-artifact-extract(1)

Extract an OCI artifact to a local path

## NAME

podman-artifact-extract - Extract an OCI artifact to a local path

## SYNOPSIS

**podman artifact extract** *artifact* *target*

## DESCRIPTION

Extract the blobs of an OCI artifact to a local file or directory.

If the target path is a file or does not exist, the artifact must either consist of one blob (layer) or if it has multiple blobs (layers) then the **--digest** or **--title** option must be used to select only a single blob. If the file already exists it will be overwritten.

If the target is a directory (it must exist), all blobs will be copied to the target directory. As the target file name the value from the **org.opencontainers.image.title** annotation is used. If the annotation is missing, the target file name will be the digest of the blob (with **:** replaced by **-** in the name). If the target file already exists in the directory, it will be overwritten.

## OPTIONS

### --digest=digest

When extracting blobs from the artifact only use the one with the specified digest. If the target is a directory then the digest is always used as file name instead even when the title annotation exists on the blob. Conflicts with **--title**.

### --title=title

When extracting blobs from the artifact only use the one with the specified title. It looks for the **org.opencontainers.image.title** annotation and compares that against the given title. Conflicts with **--digest**.

## EXAMPLES

Extract an artifact with a single blob

```
$ podman artifact extract quay.io/artifact/foobar1:test /tmp/myfile
```

Extract an artifact with multiple blobs

```
$ podman artifact extract quay.io/artifact/foobar2:test /tmp/mydir
$ ls /tmp/mydir
CONTRIBUTING.md  README.md
```

Extract only a single blob from an artifact with multiple blobs

```
$ podman artifact extract --title README.md quay.io/artifact/foobar2:test /tmp/mydir
$ ls /tmp/mydir
README.md
```

Or using the digest instead of the title

```
$ podman artifact extract --digest sha256:c0594e012b17fd9e6548355ceb571a79613f7bb988d7d883f112513601ac6e9a quay.io/artifact/foobar2:test /tmp/mydir
$ ls /tmp/mydir
README.md
```

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**, **[podman-artifact(1)](/podman-artifact/1.md)**

## HISTORY

Feb 2025, Originally compiled by Paul Holzinger pholzing@redhat.com ⟨mailto:pholzing@redhat.com⟩