Podman

Podman is a daemonless, open-source container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI containers on Linux, supporting both rootful and rootless operation as a drop-in replacement for Docker. The Podman REST API exposes a Docker-compatible surface alongside Libpod-specific endpoints for pods, volumes, networks, secrets, generators, and system management.

Podman publishes 18 APIs on the APIs.io network, including artifacts API, containers API, containers (compat) API, and 15 more. Tagged areas include Cloud-Native, Containers, DevOps, OCI, and Open-Source.

Podman’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, getting-started guide, and 12 more developer resources.

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38.5/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware self hosted · Apache-2.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

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scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.3 / 20

Developer Ergonomics 3.8 / 16

Access Clarity 2.5 / 16

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 80 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 20. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 80% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 18

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Podman artifacts API

Actions related to artifacts

Podman containers API

Actions related to containers

Podman containers (compat) API

Actions related to containers for the compatibility endpoints

Podman exec API

Actions related to exec

Podman exec (compat) API

Actions related to exec for the compatibility endpoints

Podman images API

Actions related to images

Podman images (compat) API

Actions related to images for the compatibility endpoints

Podman manifests API

Actions related to manifests

Podman networks API

Actions related to networks

Podman networks (compat) API

Actions related to networks for the compatibility endpoints

Podman pods API

Actions related to pods

Podman quadlets API

The quadlets API from Podman — 5 operation(s) for quadlets.

Podman secrets API

Actions related to secrets

Podman secrets (compat) API

Actions related to secrets for the compatibility endpoints

Podman system API

Actions related to Podman engine

Podman system (compat) API

Actions related to Podman and compatibility engines

Podman volumes API

Actions related to volumes

Podman volumes (compat) API

Actions related to volumes for the compatibility endpoints

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Open Collections 20

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts containers API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts containers (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts exec API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts exec (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts images API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts images (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts manifests API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts networks API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts networks (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts pods API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts quadlets API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts secrets API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts secrets (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts system API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts system (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts volumes API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library artifacts volumes (compat) API

OPEN COLLECTION

supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Podman Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Podman Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Podman Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Podman Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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Podman Agentic Access

193 operations · 115 acting · 8 human-in-the-loop

193 operations · 115 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Community

Community

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: podman
name: Podman
description: Podman is a daemonless, open-source container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI containers on
  Linux, supporting both rootful and rootless operation as a drop-in replacement for Docker. The Podman REST API exposes a
  Docker-compatible surface alongside Libpod-specific endpoints for pods, volumes, networks, secrets, generators, and system
  management.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/podman.png
tags:
- Cloud-Native
- Containers
- DevOps
- OCI
- Open-Source
tags_raw:
- Cloud Native
- Containers
- DevOps
- OCI
- Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/podman/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: podman:podman-artifacts-api
  name: Podman artifacts API
  description: Actions related to artifacts
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Artifacts
  tags_raw:
  - artifacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-artifacts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-containers-api
  name: Podman containers API
  description: Actions related to containers
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Containers
  tags_raw:
  - containers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-containers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-containers-compat-api
  name: Podman containers (compat) API
  description: Actions related to containers for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - containers (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-containers-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-exec-api
  name: Podman exec API
  description: Actions related to exec
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Exec
  tags_raw:
  - exec
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-exec-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-exec-compat-api
  name: Podman exec (compat) API
  description: Actions related to exec for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - exec (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-exec-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-images-api
  name: Podman images API
  description: Actions related to images
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Image
  tags_raw:
  - images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-images-compat-api
  name: Podman images (compat) API
  description: Actions related to images for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - images (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-images-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-manifests-api
  name: Podman manifests API
  description: Actions related to manifests
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Manifests
  tags_raw:
  - manifests
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-manifests-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-networks-api
  name: Podman networks API
  description: Actions related to networks
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Networks
  tags_raw:
  - networks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-networks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-networks-compat-api
  name: Podman networks (compat) API
  description: Actions related to networks for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - networks (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-networks-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-pods-api
  name: Podman pods API
  description: Actions related to pods
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Pods
  tags_raw:
  - pods
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-pods-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-quadlets-api
  name: Podman quadlets API
  description: The quadlets API from Podman — 5 operation(s) for quadlets.
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - quadlets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-quadlets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-secrets-api
  name: Podman secrets API
  description: Actions related to secrets
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Secrets
  tags_raw:
  - secrets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-secrets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-secrets-compat-api
  name: Podman secrets (compat) API
  description: Actions related to secrets for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - secrets (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-secrets-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-system-api
  name: Podman system API
  description: Actions related to Podman engine
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - System
  tags_raw:
  - system
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-system-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-system-compat-api
  name: Podman system (compat) API
  description: Actions related to Podman and compatibility engines
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - system (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-system-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-volumes-api
  name: Podman volumes API
  description: Actions related to volumes
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - Volumes
  tags_raw:
  - volumes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-volumes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
- aid: podman:podman-volumes-compat-api
  name: Podman volumes (compat) API
  description: Actions related to volumes for the compatibility endpoints
  humanURL: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  baseURL: http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
  tags:
  - volumes (compat)
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/podman-volumes-compat-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/containers/podman/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/CODE-OF-CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/podman-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/podman-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://podman.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.podman.io/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/containers
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/containers/podman
- type: Blog
  url: https://podman.io/blogs/
- type: Community
  url: https://podman.io/community/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://podman.io/get-started
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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