Repositories list

• stargz-snapshotter

  Public
  Fast container image distribution plugin with lazy pulling

  dockercontainersfilesystem+ 2docker-imagecontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •139•1.5k•58•17•Updated Jan 3, 2026Jan 3, 2026

• runwasi

  Public
  Facilitates running Wasm / WASI workloads managed by containerd

  kubernetesrustwebassembly+ 3wasmcontainerdwasi

  Rust

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •117•1.3k•41•16•Updated Jan 3, 2026Jan 3, 2026

• rust-extensions

  Public

  containerd/rust-extensions’s past year of commit activity
  Rust crates to extend containerd

  rustcontainerslogging+ 4grpccontainerdrust-cratecontainerd-snapshotter

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •85•222•1•5•Updated Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2025

• containerd

  Public
  An open and reliable container runtime

  dockerkubernetescontainers+ 5cncfocicrihacktoberfestcontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •3.8k•20k•296•215•Updated Dec 30, 2025Dec 30, 2025

• ttrpc

  Public

  containerd/ttrpc’s past year of commit activity
  GRPC for low-memory environments

  gogolangstream+ 5protocolgrpcrpcgolang-librarygolang-package

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •82•632•17•12•Updated Dec 29, 2025Dec 29, 2025

• fuse-overlayfs-snapshotter

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

  containerdrootless-containers

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •18•50•0•4•Updated Dec 24, 2025Dec 24, 2025

• overlaybd

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

  storagevirtual-machine-imagesiscsi-target+ 3blockdevicecontainer-imagesremote-image

  C++

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •66•331•20•3•Updated Dec 24, 2025Dec 24, 2025

• nri

  Public
  Node Resource Interface

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •86•352•35•13•Updated Dec 22, 2025Dec 22, 2025

• nerdbox

  Public

  containerd/nerdbox’s past year of commit activity
  containerd sandbox runtime using vms

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •12•69•9•6•Updated Dec 22, 2025Dec 22, 2025

• nerdctl

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

  containerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •726•9.7k•298•56•Updated Dec 22, 2025Dec 22, 2025

• containerd.io

  Public
  Website repo for https://containerd.io

  JavaScript

  •

  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •46•39•12•4•Updated Dec 21, 2025Dec 21, 2025

• cgroups

  Public
  cgroups package for Go

  linuxgolangcgroups

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •250•1.2k•16•9•Updated Dec 18, 2025Dec 18, 2025

• nydus-snapshotter

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

  container-imagecontainerd-snapshotter

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •113•227•43•15•Updated Dec 18, 2025Dec 18, 2025

• go-dmverity

  Public
  A pure Go implementation of dm-verity functionality

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1•0•0•1•Updated Dec 17, 2025Dec 17, 2025

• zfs

  Public
  ZFS snapshotter plugin for containerd

  zfscontainerd

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •25•79•6•0•Updated Dec 15, 2025Dec 15, 2025

• accelerated-container-image

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

  containersdocker-imagecontainerd+ 4container-imagesremote-imagecontainerd-snapshotteroverlaybd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •81•445•30•4•Updated Dec 7, 2025Dec 7, 2025

• log

  Public
  Common log interface for containerd repositories and clients

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •4•9•1•0•Updated Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025

• go-cni

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

  cnicontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •65•159•7•10•Updated Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025

• release-tool

  Public
  A release tool for generating detailed release notes

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •20•36•0•4•Updated Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025

• plugin

  Public
  Package for registering and managing typed plugins with dependencies

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •6•7•0•3•Updated Dec 3, 2025Dec 3, 2025

• continuity

  Public
  A transport-agnostic, filesystem metadata manifest system

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •68•151•31•4•Updated Nov 24, 2025Nov 24, 2025

• imgcrypt

  Public
  OCI Image Encryption Package

  encryptioncontainersgpg+ 2ocioci-image

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •48•417•1•1•Updated Nov 20, 2025Nov 20, 2025

• otelttrpc

  Public
  Opentelemetry instrumentation support for ttRPC

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •4•5•0•10•Updated Nov 17, 2025Nov 17, 2025

• platforms

  Public
  Go package for handling platform type

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •14•14•2•4•Updated Nov 5, 2025Nov 5, 2025

• project

  Public
  Overall containerd project docs and governance details

  Apache License 2.0

  •49•80•2•0•Updated Nov 5, 2025Nov 5, 2025

• btrfs

  Public
  Btrfs bindings for Go

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •21•71•1•0•Updated Jul 17, 2025Jul 17, 2025

• ttrpc-rust

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

  Rust

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •57•349•15•5•Updated Jul 15, 2025Jul 15, 2025

• console

  Public
  console package for Go

  golangpty

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •54•193•6•1•Updated May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

• 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 organization

  Shell

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •9•6•7•0•Updated Mar 4, 2025Mar 4, 2025

• ltag

  Public
  Prepends project files with given template.

  Go

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  MIT License

  •9•18•2•1•Updated Mar 4, 2025Mar 4, 2025