Repositories list

• 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

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8787 forks•470470 stars•3232 issues•1212 pull requests•Updated Sep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026

• runwasi

  Public
  Facilitates running Wasm / WASI workloads managed by containerd

  kubernetesrustwebassembly+ 3

  kubernetesrustwebassemblywasmcontainerdwasi

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •131131 forks•1.3k1.3k stars•4343 issues•2525 pull requests•Updated Sep 22, 2026Sep 22, 2026

• log

  Public
  Common log interface for containerd repositories and clients

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•88 stars•11 issue•44 pull requests•Updated Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026

• continuity

  Public
  A transport-agnostic, filesystem metadata manifest system

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •7474 forks•153153 stars•3232 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026

• containerd

  Public
  An open and reliable container runtime

  dockerkubernetescontainers+ 5

  dockerkubernetescontainerscncfocicrihacktoberfestcontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •4.1k4.1k forks•21k21k stars•197197 issues•278278 pull requests•Updated Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 2026

• nerdbox

  Public
  containerd sandbox runtime using vms

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •3030 forks•185185 stars•1313 issues•1515 pull requests•Updated Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 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

  •8686 forks•413413 stars•1919 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Sep 21, 2026Sep 21, 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

  •829829 forks•10k10k stars•295295 issues•5353 pull requests•Updated Sep 20, 2026Sep 20, 2026

• rust-extensions

  Public
  Rust crates to extend containerd

  rustcontainerslogging+ 4

  rustcontainerslogginggrpccontainerdrust-cratecontainerd-snapshotter

  Rust

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •9595 forks•244244 stars•00 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Sep 19, 2026Sep 19, 2026

• containerd.io

  Public
  Website repo for https://containerd.io

  JavaScript

  •

  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •4949 forks•3939 stars•1010 issues•11 pull request•Updated Sep 19, 2026Sep 19, 2026

• stargz-snapshotter

  Public
  Fast container image distribution plugin with lazy pulling

  dockercontainersfilesystem+ 2

  dockercontainersfilesystemdocker-imagecontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •157157 forks•1.6k1.6k stars•6363 issues•3636 pull requests•Updated Sep 18, 2026Sep 18, 2026

• fifo

  Public
  fifo pkg for Go

  cncffifocontainerd

  cncffifocontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3131 forks•8787 stars•44 issues•66 pull requests•Updated Sep 18, 2026Sep 18, 2026

• nydus-snapshotter

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

  container-imagecontainerd-snapshotter

  container-imagecontainerd-snapshotter

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •129129 forks•260260 stars•1616 issues•1616 pull requests•Updated Sep 18, 2026Sep 18, 2026

• .project

  Public
  Overall containerd project docs and governance details

  Apache License 2.0

  •5454 forks•8080 stars•22 issues•11 pull request•Updated Sep 17, 2026Sep 17, 2026

• release-tool

  Public
  A release tool for generating detailed release notes

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •2424 forks•3737 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Sep 16, 2026Sep 16, 2026

• ttrpc-rust

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

  Rust

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •6060 forks•370370 stars•88 issues•77 pull requests•Updated Sep 15, 2026Sep 15, 2026

• project-checks

  Public
  This cross-project repository holds utilities, scripts, and common files used across the containerd master project and many sub-projects within the containerd o…

  Shell

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1111 forks•66 stars•77 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Sep 14, 2026Sep 14, 2026

• imgcrypt

  Public
  OCI Image Encryption Package

  encryptioncontainersgpg+ 2

  encryptioncontainersgpgocioci-image

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •5252 forks•437437 stars•22 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Sep 11, 2026Sep 11, 2026

• platforms

  Public
  Go package for handling platform type

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1616 forks•1313 stars•11 issue•55 pull requests•Updated Sep 11, 2026Sep 11, 2026

• zfs

  Public
  ZFS snapshotter plugin for containerd

  zfscontainerd

  zfscontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •2424 forks•7979 stars•66 issues•11 pull request•Updated Sep 10, 2026Sep 10, 2026

• nri

  Public
  Node Resource Interface

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •102102 forks•406406 stars•4040 issues•1717 pull requests•Updated Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026

• shimtest

  Public
  Test utility for containerd shims

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •33 forks•22 stars•00 issues•33 pull requests•Updated Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026

• fuse-overlayfs-snapshotter

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

  containerdrootless-containers

  containerdrootless-containers

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1717 forks•5252 stars•00 issues•99 pull requests•Updated Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026

• go-cni

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

  cnicontainerd

  cnicontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •6969 forks•162162 stars•77 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated Sep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026

• ttrpc

  Public
  GRPC for low-memory environments

  gogolangstream+ 5

  gogolangstreamprotocolgrpcrpcgolang-librarygolang-package

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •8686 forks•664664 stars•1919 issues•1313 pull requests•Updated Sep 2, 2026Sep 2, 2026

• console

  Public
  console package for Go

  golangpty

  golangpty

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •6060 forks•201201 stars•66 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Sep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026

• go-runc

  Public
  runc bindings for Go

  runcrunc-cli

  runcrunc-cli

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8181 forks•176176 stars•88 issues•66 pull requests•Updated Aug 25, 2026Aug 25, 2026

• cgroups

  Public
  cgroups package for Go

  linuxgolangcgroups

  linuxgolangcgroups

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •253253 forks•1.2k1.2k stars•1616 issues•1717 pull requests•Updated Aug 17, 2026Aug 17, 2026

• go-dmverity

  Public
  A pure Go implementation of dm-verity functionality

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

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