---
name: "podman-artifact"
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"
---

# podman-artifact(1)

Manage OCI artifacts

## NAME

podman-artifact - Manage OCI artifacts

## SYNOPSIS

**podman artifact** *subcommand*

## DESCRIPTION

**podman artifact** is a set of subcommands that manage OCI artifacts.

OCI artifacts are a common way to distribute files that are associated with OCI images and containers. Podman is capable of managing (pulling, inspecting, pushing) these artifacts from its local "artifact store".

## SUBCOMMANDS

| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Command** | **Man Page** | **Description** |
| add | [podman-artifact-add(1)](/podman-artifact-add/1.md) | Add an OCI artifact to local artifact store |
| extract | [podman-artifact-extract(1)](/podman-artifact-extract/1.md) | Extract an OCI artifact to a local path |
| inspect | [podman-artifact-inspect(1)](/podman-artifact-inspect/1.md) | Inspect an OCI artifact |
| ls | [podman-artifact-ls(1)](/podman-artifact-ls/1.md) | List OCI artifacts in local store (alias list) |
| pull | [podman-artifact-pull(1)](/podman-artifact-pull/1.md) | Pulls an artifact from a registry and stores it locally |
| push | [podman-artifact-push(1)](/podman-artifact-push/1.md) | Push an OCI artifact from local storage to an image registry |
| rm | [podman-artifact-rm(1)](/podman-artifact-rm/1.md) | Remove one or more OCI artifacts from local storage |

## SEE ALSO

**[podman(1)](/podman/1.md)**

## HISTORY

Sept 2024, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com ⟨mailto:bbaude@redhat.com⟩