KMOD(8) kmod KMOD(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

kmod - Program to manage Linux Kernel modules

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**kmod** \[**OPTIONS...**] \[*COMMAND*] \[**COMMAND\_OPTIONS...**]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**kmod** is a multi-call binary which implements the programs used to control Linux Kernel modules. Most users will only run it using its other names.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

**-V**, **--version**

Show the program version and exit.

**-h**, **--help**

Show the help message.

# [COMMANDS](#COMMANDS)

**help**

Show the help message.

**list**

List the currently loaded modules.

**static-nodes**

Output the static device nodes information provided by the modules of the currently running kernel version.

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

This manual page originally Copyright 2014, Marco d'Itri.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**lsmod**(8)](/man/os/kmod/lsmod.8), [**rmmod**(8)](/man/os/kmod/rmmod.8), [**insmod**(8)](/man/os/kmod/insmod.8), [**modinfo**(8)](/man/os/kmod/modinfo.8), [**modprobe**(8)](/man/os/kmod/modprobe.8), [**depmod**(8)](/man/os/kmod/depmod.8)

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

**kmod** project was started by Lucas De Marchi as a drop-in replacement to module-init-tools that was maintained by Jon Masters, adding a library (libkmod) and additional features.

Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list <linux-modules@vger.kernel.org> and Github. If you have a clone of kmod.git itself, the output of [**git-shortlog**(1)](/man/os/kmod/git-shortlog.1) and [**git-blame**(1)](/man/os/kmod/git-blame.1) can show you the authors for specific parts of the project.

**Lucas De Marchi** <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer of the project.

2026-10-01 kmod

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Document: kmod(8) from kmod 34.2-r51 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git