ENCAPSULE(1)

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version 0.6 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 ENCAPSULE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the encapsule manual page — section 1 of the manual, the User Commands girlies. this is encapsule 0.6 and she's serving main character energy for running toolbox images inside isolated podman containers. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

encapsule — the manual page for encapsule 0.6, no cap 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

encapsule [--version] COMMAND

so like… you give her a COMMAND and optionally a --version and that's the whole vibe check ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

encapsule

Run a toolbox image in an isolated podman container — literally exactly that, and the readme lives at https://github.com/juhp/encapsule#readme if you wanna go deeper 👑

💅 Available options: 💅

  • -h, --help — show this help text. that's it, that's the girl, she just tells you how to use her 😭
  • --version — show version. iconic behaviour honestly, she just says who she is ✨

🎀 Available commands: 🎀

  • list — list encapsule images and containers. show off everything you've got, periodt 🔥
  • list-caps — list available capabilities. all the things she's allowed to do 💅
  • pull — pull a container image with podman. go get that image bestie 🛍️
  • rm — remove an encapsule container. bye babe, it's giving deleted 🌈
  • rmi — remove an encapsule image. bye to the image this time, not the container, don't mix them up 🙈
  • stop — stop an encapsule container. sit down and chill ✋
  • backup — create a tarball backup of a directory. protecting your files like the queen you are 👑
  • commit — commit an encapsule image from a container. lock in that container as an image 💖
  • create — create an encapsule container. brand new little guy, born today 🎀
  • enter — connect to an encapsule container. step inside, it's cozy in there 🧚
  • run — run a temporary encapsule container. here for a good time, not a long time 💀

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

literally the URL above bestie: https://github.com/juhp/encapsule#readme — iykyk 🦋

okay that's the whole page 💜 encapsule 0.6 was written down in October 2026, and that's the source + version + date sign-off, you're all caught up, slay and stay safe with your podman containers fr fr ✨🎀💅

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