% podman-version 1 ## 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 July 2017, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani