containerd/containerd
An open and reliable container runtime
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
Ranks #25 among DevOps repositories tracked this week, and #25 over the last 30 days; #790 of 3,103 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 25%).
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 421 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #28 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 27, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an open, reliable container runtime daemon managing container lifecycle, image transfer, storage, execution, and networking on Linux and Windows hosts.
- Offers a robust, CNCF-graduated runtime designed for embedding into larger systems with strong Kubernetes CRI integration and broad OCI registry support.
- Use for running Kubernetes clusters with containerd as the container runtime via its native CRI plugin supporting Kubernetes 1.10+.
- Use for building custom container management solutions requiring low-level control over container lifecycle and storage on Linux or Windows.
- Use for integrating container runtime capabilities into cloud-native platforms or developer tools needing a stable, extensible container backend.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
No watch-outs from GStars' checks.
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From the README
containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness, and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container lifecycle of its host system: image transfer and storage, container execution and supervision, low-level storage and network attachments, etc.
containerd is a member of CNCF with 'graduated' status.
containerd is designed to be embedded into a larger system, rather than being used directly by developers or end-users.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+393 stars over 83 days across 19 snapshot days; best day +25 on Aug 27.
Forks
4.2K+131
Open issues
534-80
Compared with peers in DevOps
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Oct 18, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elie222/rakazo | 5.4K | +1.1K | 60 | 1 day ago |
| superplanehq/superplane | 8.2K | +397 | 75 | today |
| gitleaks/gitleaks | 30.3K | +268 | 48 | 216 days ago |
| hashicorp/terraform | 50.1K | +196 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| go-gitea/gitea | 58.7K | +156 | 75 | 5 days ago |
| containerd/containerd | 21.4K | +0 | 75 | 2 days ago |
| Category median | 30.3K | +268 | 75 | — |
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