Repositories list

• go-runc

  Public
  runc bindings for Go

  runcrunc-cli

  runcrunc-cli

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8181 forks•177177 stars•88 issues•77 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• containerd

  Public
  An open and reliable container runtime

  dockerkubernetescontainers+ 5

  dockerkubernetescontainerscncfocicrihacktoberfestcontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •4.1k4.1k forks•21k21k stars•183183 issues•270270 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• containerd.io

  Public
  Website repo for https://containerd.io

  JavaScript

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  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •4848 forks•3939 stars•1111 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• stargz-snapshotter

  Public
  Fast container image distribution plugin with lazy pulling

  dockercontainersfilesystem+ 2

  dockercontainersfilesystemdocker-imagecontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •155155 forks•1.6k1.6k stars•6262 issues•2828 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• nerdctl

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

  containerd

  containerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •818818 forks•10k10k stars•303303 issues•5555 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• runwasi

  Public
  Facilitates running Wasm / WASI workloads managed by containerd

  kubernetesrustwebassembly+ 3

  kubernetesrustwebassemblywasmcontainerdwasi

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •130130 forks•1.3k1.3k stars•4242 issues•2424 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• continuity

  Public
  A transport-agnostic, filesystem metadata manifest system

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •7474 forks•152152 stars•3232 issues•77 pull requests•Updated Aug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

• nerdbox

  Public
  containerd sandbox runtime using vms

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2929 forks•179179 stars•1313 issues•2020 pull requests•Updated Aug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

• nydus-snapshotter

  Public
  A containerd snapshotter with data deduplication and lazy loading in P2P fashion

  container-imagecontainerd-snapshotter

  container-imagecontainerd-snapshotter

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •126126 forks•260260 stars•1515 issues•2020 pull requests•Updated Aug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

• overlaybd

  Public
  Overlaybd: a block based remote image format for containers/vms/sandboxes. The storage backend of containerd/accelerated-container-image.

  storagesandboxvirtual-machine-images+ 6

  storagesandboxvirtual-machine-imagessnapshotiscsi-targetblockdevicecontainer-imagesagent-sandboxremote-image

  C++

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •8282 forks•399399 stars•2020 issues•66 pull requests•Updated Aug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

• accelerated-container-image

  Public
  A production-ready remote/on-demand container/sandbox/vm image format (overlaybd) and snapshotter

  containerssandboxdocker-image+ 6

  containerssandboxdocker-imagecontainerdcontainer-imagesagent-sandboxremote-imagecontainerd-snapshotteroverlaybd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •8686 forks•469469 stars•3333 issues•99 pull requests•Updated Aug 24, 2026Aug 24, 2026

• log

  Public
  Common log interface for containerd repositories and clients

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•88 stars•11 issue•88 pull requests•Updated Aug 23, 2026Aug 23, 2026

• shimtest

  Public
  Test utility for containerd shims

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •22 forks•22 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Aug 21, 2026Aug 21, 2026

• nri

  Public
  Node Resource Interface

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •102102 forks•403403 stars•3939 issues•1818 pull requests•Updated Aug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026

• .project

  Public
  Overall containerd project docs and governance details

  Apache License 2.0

  •5454 forks•8080 stars•22 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Aug 20, 2026Aug 20, 2026

• platforms

  Public
  Go package for handling platform type

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1515 forks•1313 stars•22 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Aug 19, 2026Aug 19, 2026

• ttrpc-rust

  Public
  Rust implementation of ttrpc (GRPC for low-memory environments)

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5959 forks•368368 stars•1010 issues•88 pull requests•Updated Aug 18, 2026Aug 18, 2026

• cgroups

  Public
  cgroups package for Go

  linuxgolangcgroups

  linuxgolangcgroups

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •251251 forks•1.2k1.2k stars•1616 issues•1515 pull requests•Updated Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026

• imgcrypt

  Public
  OCI Image Encryption Package

  encryptioncontainersgpg+ 2

  encryptioncontainersgpgocioci-image

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •5050 forks•436436 stars•33 issues•11 pull request•Updated Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026

• go-cni

  Public
  A generic CNI library to provide APIs for CNI plugin interactions

  cnicontainerd

  cnicontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •6969 forks•161161 stars•77 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated Aug 13, 2026Aug 13, 2026

• rust-extensions

  Public
  Rust crates to extend containerd

  rustcontainerslogging+ 4

  rustcontainerslogginggrpccontainerdrust-cratecontainerd-snapshotter

  Rust

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •9595 forks•242242 stars•00 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Aug 5, 2026Aug 5, 2026

• go-dmverity

  Public
  A pure Go implementation of dm-verity functionality

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•66 stars•00 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Jul 27, 2026Jul 27, 2026

• ttrpc

  Public
  GRPC for low-memory environments

  gogolangstream+ 5

  gogolangstreamprotocolgrpcrpcgolang-librarygolang-package

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8686 forks•661661 stars•1919 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Jul 25, 2026Jul 25, 2026

• plugin

  Public
  Package for registering and managing typed plugins with dependencies

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•77 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Jul 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026

• release-tool

  Public
  A release tool for generating detailed release notes

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •2323 forks•3737 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Jul 3, 2026Jul 3, 2026

• console

  Public
  console package for Go

  golangpty

  golangpty

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5959 forks•200200 stars•55 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Jun 29, 2026Jun 29, 2026

• errdefs

  Public
  Common definition and library of errors used by containerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •88 forks•33 stars•00 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Jun 10, 2026Jun 10, 2026

• typeurl

  Public
  Go package for managing marshaled types to protobuf.Any

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2121 forks•5555 stars•11 issue•11 pull request•Updated Jun 9, 2026Jun 9, 2026

• zfs

  Public
  ZFS snapshotter plugin for containerd

  zfscontainerd

  zfscontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2525 forks•8080 stars•66 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

• fuse-overlayfs-snapshotter

  Public
  fuse-overlayfs plugin for rootless containerd on old Linux (not needed on modern Linux)

  containerdrootless-containers

  containerdrootless-containers

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1717 forks•5252 stars•00 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Jan 28, 2026Jan 28, 2026