runc

4 tools replace runc, 4 of them drop-in

gVisorDrop-in

Application Kernel for Containers

OCI runtime that runs containers on a user-space kernel for isolation, at some cost in syscall speed.

Language
Go
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
20k
Last push
2026-10-06
Kata ContainersDrop-in

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/

OCI runtime that runs each container or pod in a lightweight virtual machine.

Language
Rust
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
8.9k
Latest
4.2.0
Last push
2026-10-06
crunDrop-in

A fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers

OCI runtime written in C, used by Podman by default.

Language
C
Licence
GPL-2.0
Stars
4.1k
Latest
1.30.1
Last push
2026-10-06

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