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What is Red Hat Desktop?
Red Hat® Desktop provides a Kubernetes-aligned local development environment for enterprise teams. It includes the Red Hat build of Podman Desktop, providing an enterprise-ready experience for building, testing, and validating containerized applications locally with consistency across environments.
Related community project Kaiden adds governed, sandboxed environments for AI-assisted and agentic development.
Together, these capabilities help teams accelerate while maintaining the security, control, and consistency required for enterprise applications and AI-driven development.
The Red Hat Desktop experience
Red Hat build of Podman Desktop
Included as part of the Red Hat Desktop Subscription
The Red Hat build of Podman Desktop is a supported version of the Podman Desktop open source project, offering an intuitive interface for building and managing containers. It lets developers build, test, and validate applications locally with Kubernetes-aligned consistency—helping bridge local development to production-ready Red Hat OpenShift® environments.
Kaiden
Community Supported Project
Kaiden is an open source project that helps developers use agentic coding environments within enterprise guardrails. It provides sandboxed environments to safely run coding agents and a universal routing layer that connects local, cloud, and on-premise resources. This gives organizations control over where models, data, and execution reside.
Available on macOS, Windows, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Capabilities in action
Standardize local container workflows
Eliminate “works on my machine” issues in the agentic era. The Red Hat build of Podman Desktop enables developers to build, manage, and test containerized applications locally with consistency—so workloads align with Red Hat OpenShift® production environments before deployment.
Develop applications safely with coding agents
Move from manual coding to working with AI coding agents in governed sandboxes. Kaiden helps protect local environments while providing governed access to approved cloud services or on-premise models—so sensitive data stays under enterprise control.
Align local development with Red Hat Openshift
Reduce friction when moving from local development to Red Hat OpenShift®. Kubernetes-aligned workflows and trusted image recommendations help ensure applications behave as expected in production.
Gain enterprise support and governance
Give IT teams control over developer environments with a supported Red Hat Desktop subscription. Standardized configurations and policy enforcement help maintain consistency across teams, backed by enterprise support and SLAs for production use.
Product highlights
| Feature | Details | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
Standardized path to production | Standardize local workspaces for building containerized applications and working with coding agents. Ensure alignment with enterprise Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift® environments before deployment. | Move from desktop to hybrid cloud with confidence, knowing workflows adhere to corporate security and deployment standards. |
Governed agentic coding workspaces | Use AI coding agents within isolated, policy-driven sandboxes. Protect local environments while ensuring agents only access approved data, services, and resources. | Accelerate development while maintaining data sovereignty and preventing unauthorized access to host systems, networks, or credentials. |
Red Hat ecosystem integration | Use built-in tools and workflows optimized for Red Hat OpenShift®, Red Hat Enterprise Linux®, and Red Hat trusted content. | Access a unified toolset that reduces friction between local development and enterprise deployment environments. |
Enterprise governance and control | Enable IT teams to manage configurations and enforce policies across large developer fleets. | Maintain consistency, security, and oversight while supporting the use of containers and AI technologies at scale. |
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What's next?
Try it
Get started with a free version of the Red Hat build of Podman Desktop, available on macOS, Windows, and Linux for individual use.
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