Repositories list

• shimtest

  Public
  Test utility for containerd shims

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

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

• runwasi

  Public
  Facilitates running Wasm / WASI workloads managed by containerd

  kubernetesrustwebassembly+ 3

  kubernetesrustwebassemblywasmcontainerdwasi

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •129129 forks•1.3k1.3k stars•4343 issues•2323 pull requests•Updated Aug 11, 2026Aug 11, 2026

• nerdctl

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

  containerd

  containerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •811811 forks•10k10k stars•306306 issues•6666 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 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•224224 issues•270270 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• continuity

  Public
  A transport-agnostic, filesystem metadata manifest system

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •7373 forks•152152 stars•3232 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• stargz-snapshotter

  Public
  Fast container image distribution plugin with lazy pulling

  dockercontainersfilesystem+ 2

  dockercontainersfilesystemdocker-imagecontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •154154 forks•1.6k1.6k stars•6262 issues•3838 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• nri

  Public
  Node Resource Interface

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •103103 forks•402402 stars•4040 issues•2020 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• nerdbox

  Public
  containerd sandbox runtime using vms

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2828 forks•169169 stars•1313 issues•1212 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• ttrpc-rust

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

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5959 forks•365365 stars•1010 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026

• overlaybd

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

  storagevirtual-machine-imagesiscsi-target+ 3

  storagevirtual-machine-imagesiscsi-targetblockdevicecontainer-imagesremote-image

  C++

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8282 forks•392392 stars•1919 issues•88 pull requests•Updated Aug 8, 2026Aug 8, 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•11 pull request•Updated Aug 8, 2026Aug 8, 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

  •127127 forks•257257 stars•1515 issues•2121 pull requests•Updated Aug 7, 2026Aug 7, 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 6, 2026Aug 6, 2026

• rust-extensions

  Public
  Rust crates to extend containerd

  rustcontainerslogging+ 4

  rustcontainerslogginggrpccontainerdrust-cratecontainerd-snapshotter

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9696 forks•240240 stars•00 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Aug 5, 2026Aug 5, 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

  •6868 forks•160160 stars•77 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Aug 5, 2026Aug 5, 2026

• accelerated-container-image

  Public
  A production-ready remote container image format (overlaybd) and snapshotter based on block-device.

  containersdocker-imagecontainerd+ 4

  containersdocker-imagecontainerdcontainer-imagesremote-imagecontainerd-snapshotteroverlaybd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8787 forks•468468 stars•3333 issues•1313 pull requests•Updated Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026

• imgcrypt

  Public
  OCI Image Encryption Package

  encryptioncontainersgpg+ 2

  encryptioncontainersgpgocioci-image

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5050 forks•434434 stars•33 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 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•657657 stars•1919 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Jul 25, 2026Jul 25, 2026

• plugin

  Public
  Package for registering and managing typed plugins with dependencies

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

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

• log

  Public
  Common log interface for containerd repositories and clients

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •66 forks•88 stars•11 issue•55 pull requests•Updated Jul 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026

• cgroups

  Public
  cgroups package for Go

  linuxgolangcgroups

  linuxgolangcgroups

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •252252 forks•1.2k1.2k stars•1616 issues•1414 pull requests•Updated Jul 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026

• go-runc

  Public
  runc bindings for Go

  runcrunc-cli

  runcrunc-cli

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8282 forks•177177 stars•88 issues•99 pull requests•Updated Jul 15, 2026Jul 15, 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

  •5858 forks•200200 stars•55 issues•11 pull request•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

• 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 Jun 2, 2026Jun 2, 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•5151 stars•00 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Jan 28, 2026Jan 28, 2026