--- title: Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman... description: Red Hat has launched an enterprise-supported build of Podman Desktop, the open source container development tool previously donated to the CNCF. The move... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/red-hat-makes-available-supported-version-of-podman-desktop-tool-for-containers-ieoj6oeiq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman Desktop Tool for Containers | daily.dev og:description: Red Hat has launched an enterprise-supported build of Podman Desktop, the open source container development tool previously donated to the CNCF. The move... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/red-hat-makes-available-supported-version-of-podman-desktop-tool-for-containers-ieoj6oeiq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iEOJ6oeIq.png og:image:alt: Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman Desktop Tool for Containers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Red Hat Makes Available Supported Version of Podman Desktop Tool for Containers **[Cloud Native Now](https://daily.dev/sources/cloudnativenow)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [3,000,000 downloads. 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