---
name: "podman-version"
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-version"
---

# podman-version(1)

Display the Podman version information

## NAME

podman-version - Display the Podman version information

## SYNOPSIS

**podman version** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Shows the following information: Remote API Version, Version, Go Version, Git Commit, Build Time, OS, and Architecture.

## OPTIONS

### --format, -f=*format*

Change output format to "json" or a Go template.

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Placeholder** | **Description** |
| .Client ... | Version of local podman |
| .Server ... | Version of remote podman |

Each of the above fields branch deeper into further subfields such as .Version, .APIVersion, .GoVersion, and more.

## Example

A sample output of the **version** command:

```
$ podman version
Version:      2.0.0
API Version:  1
Go Version:   go1.14.2
Git Commit:   4520664f63c3a7f9a80227715359e20069d95542
Built:        Tue May 19 10:48:59 2020
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64
```

Filtering out only the version:

```
$ podman version --format '{{.Client.Version}}'
2.0.0
```

### --help, -h

Print usage statement

## SEE ALSO

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

## HISTORY

November 2018, Added --format flag by Tomas Tomecek ttomecek@redhat.com ⟨mailto:ttomecek@redhat.com⟩ July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani umohnani@redhat.com ⟨mailto:umohnani@redhat.com⟩