Docker Engine (Moby)

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

Docker-compatible CLI, daemonless and rootless by default.

contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

A Docker-compatible command line for containerd.

An open and reliable container runtime

The runtime Docker itself runs on, without image builds or the Docker CLI; driven by Kubernetes or nerdctl.

🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.

Builds container images from Maven or Gradle without a Dockerfile or a Docker daemon, for Java apps only.

A tool that facilitates building OCI images.

Builds OCI images from Dockerfiles or shell scripts without a daemon; running them is left to Podman.

Build and deploy Go applications

Builds and pushes container images for Go apps without a Dockerfile or a Docker daemon.

CLI for building apps using Cloud Native Buildpacks

Builds container images from source with Cloud Native Buildpacks instead of a Dockerfile.

Apptainer: Application containers for Linux

Runs containers without root and without a daemon, built for HPC with single-file SIF images.

About

The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

Owner: Moby organisation
Stars: 72k
Forks: 19k
Latest: docker-v29.9.3
Last push: 2026-11-11
Terms: Open source
Created: 2013, 13 years ago
Release cadence: about 6 days between releases
Active contributors: 29+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Stars over 32 days: 2026-10-12 72,1792026-11-12 72,265

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