Repositories list

• 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

  •769769 forks•10k10k stars•307307 issues•5353 pull requests•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• runwasi

  Public
  Facilitates running Wasm / WASI workloads managed by containerd

  kubernetesrustwebassembly+ 3

  kubernetesrustwebassemblywasmcontainerdwasi

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •124124 forks•1.3k1.3k stars•4343 issues•2121 pull requests•Updated May 3, 2026May 3, 2026

• ttrpc-rust

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

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5959 forks•357357 stars•1616 issues•66 pull requests•Updated May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

• rust-extensions

  Public
  Rust crates to extend containerd

  rustcontainerslogging+ 4

  rustcontainerslogginggrpccontainerdrust-cratecontainerd-snapshotter

  Rust

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9191 forks•230230 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

• ttrpc

  Public
  GRPC for low-memory environments

  gogolangstream+ 5

  gogolangstreamprotocolgrpcrpcgolang-librarygolang-package

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8383 forks•648648 stars•1717 issues•99 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• nerdbox

  Public
  containerd sandbox runtime using vms

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2222 forks•128128 stars•1212 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 2026

• containerd.io

  Public
  Website repo for https://containerd.io

  JavaScript

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  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

  •4747 forks•3939 stars•1010 issues•22 pull requests•Updated May 1, 2026May 1, 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

  •150150 forks•1.5k1.5k stars•6363 issues•2323 pull requests•Updated Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026

• containerd

  Public
  An open and reliable container runtime

  dockerkubernetescontainers+ 5

  dockerkubernetescontainerscncfocicrihacktoberfestcontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3.9k3.9k forks•21k21k stars•320320 issues•256256 pull requests•Updated Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 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

  •121121 forks•245245 stars•1313 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 2026

• continuity

  Public
  A transport-agnostic, filesystem metadata manifest system

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •6868 forks•152152 stars•3232 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 29, 2026Apr 29, 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 Apr 29, 2026Apr 29, 2026

• nri

  Public
  Node Resource Interface

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9292 forks•377377 stars•3939 issues•1212 pull requests•Updated Apr 28, 2026Apr 28, 2026

• imgcrypt

  Public
  OCI Image Encryption Package

  encryptioncontainersgpg+ 2

  encryptioncontainersgpgocioci-image

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •4848 forks•426426 stars•22 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 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

  •8585 forks•460460 stars•3030 issues•66 pull requests•Updated Apr 24, 2026Apr 24, 2026

• project

  Public
  Overall containerd project docs and governance details

  Apache License 2.0

  •5252 forks•8080 stars•22 issues•11 pull request•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 2026

• go-dmverity

  Public
  A pure Go implementation of dm-verity functionality

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •33 forks•44 stars•00 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 21, 2026Apr 21, 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

  •7171 forks•359359 stars•1919 issues•22 pull requests•Updated Apr 15, 2026Apr 15, 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•66 pull requests•Updated Apr 3, 2026Apr 3, 2026

• platforms

  Public
  Go package for handling platform type

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1515 forks•1313 stars•22 issues•44 pull requests•Updated Apr 1, 2026Apr 1, 2026

• zfs

  Public
  ZFS snapshotter plugin for containerd

  zfscontainerd

  zfscontainerd

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2525 forks•7979 stars•66 issues•11 pull request•Updated Mar 19, 2026Mar 19, 2026

• release-tool

  Public
  A release tool for generating detailed release notes

  Go

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •2020 forks•3636 stars•00 issues•11 pull request•Updated Mar 17, 2026Mar 17, 2026

• cgroups

  Public
  cgroups package for Go

  linuxgolangcgroups

  linuxgolangcgroups

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •251251 forks•1.2k1.2k stars•1515 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated Mar 6, 2026Mar 6, 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

  •1818 forks•4949 stars•00 issues•55 pull requests•Updated Jan 28, 2026Jan 28, 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

  •6767 forks•160160 stars•77 issues•1111 pull requests•Updated Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025

• otelttrpc

  Public
  Opentelemetry instrumentation support for ttRPC

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •44 forks•44 stars•00 issues•1010 pull requests•Updated Nov 17, 2025Nov 17, 2025

• btrfs

  Public
  Btrfs bindings for Go

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2121 forks•7171 stars•11 issue•00 pull requests•Updated Jul 17, 2025Jul 17, 2025

• console

  Public
  console package for Go

  golangpty

  golangpty

  Go

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5555 forks•199199 stars•66 issues•22 pull requests•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 o…

  Shell

  •

  Apache License 2.0

  •1010 forks•66 stars•77 issues•00 pull requests•Updated Mar 4, 2025Mar 4, 2025

• ltag

  Public
  Prepends project files with given template.

  Go

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  MIT License

  •1010 forks•1818 stars•22 issues•11 pull request•Updated Mar 4, 2025Mar 4, 2025