The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 72k
- Latest
- docker-v29.9.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Container engines
Build and run OCI containers.
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| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
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| Docker Engine (Moby) | 72k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | docker-v29.9.3 | 2026-11-11 |
| Podman | 33k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v6.2.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| containerd | 21k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v2.4.2 | 2026-11-11 |
| gVisor | 20k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | release-20261109.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| Jib | 14k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Java | v3.5.4-gradle | 2026-11-03 |
| runc | 14k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v1.5.2 | 2026-11-12 |
| nerdctl | 10k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v2.4.2 | 2026-11-09 |
| BuildKit | 10k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v0.35.0 | 2026-11-11 |
| Buildah | 9.2k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v1.46.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| Kata Containers | 9.1k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | 4.3.1 | 2026-11-12 |
| ko | 8.6k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v0.19.1 | 2026-11-09 |
| youki | 7.7k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v0.7.0 | 2026-11-12 |
| CRI-O | 5.7k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v1.37.3 | 2026-11-12 |
| LXC | 5.3k | Other | Open source | No | C | v7.0.0 | 2026-11-05 |
| crun | 4.2k | GPL-2.0 | Open source | No | C | 1.30.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| Sysbox | 4k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Shell | v0.7.1 | 2026-11-08 |
| pack | 3k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v0.40.10 | 2026-11-09 |
| Apptainer | 2k | Other | Open source | No | Go | v1.5.5 | 2026-11-09 |
18 tools
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 33k
- Latest
- v6.2.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
An open and reliable container runtime
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 21k
- Latest
- v2.4.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Application Kernel for Containers
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 20k
- Latest
- release-20261109.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 14k
- Latest
- v3.5.4-gradle
- Last push
- 2026-11-03
CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 14k
- Latest
- v1.5.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 10k
- Latest
- v2.4.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-09
concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 10k
- Latest
- v0.35.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
A tool that facilitates building OCI images.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 9.2k
- Latest
- v1.46.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 9.1k
- Latest
- 4.3.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
Build and deploy Go applications
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 8.6k
- Latest
- v0.19.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-09
A container runtime written in Rust
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 7.7k
- Latest
- v0.7.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
Open Container Initiative-based implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 5.7k
- Latest
- v1.37.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
LXC - Linux Containers
A fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers
An open-source, next-generation "runc" that empowers rootless containers to run workloads such as Systemd, Docker, Kubernetes, just like VMs.
- Language
- Shell
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 4k
- Latest
- v0.7.1
- Last push
- 2026-11-08
CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 3k
- Latest
- v0.40.10
- Last push
- 2026-11-09
Apptainer: Application containers for Linux