containerd AlternativesVirtualization Tools and other similar apps like containerd

containerd is described as 'An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability' and is a Virtualization tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to containerd for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Rust apps. The best containerd alternative is Docker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like containerd are Podman, Distrobox, Linux Containers (LXC) and BoxBuddy.

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  1. Docker icon

    Docker

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    Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.

    29 Docker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • TrueNAS
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    • Docker is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to containerd.

    • Docker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to containerd.

    • Docker is Freemium and Open Sourcecontainerd is Free and Open Source
    • Docker is Lightweightcontainerd is not according to our users
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    Podman

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    Podman is a daemon-less container runtime for managing containers, pods, and container images. It is intended as a counterpart to CRI-O, to provide low-level debugging not available through the CRI interface used by Kubernetes.

    11 Podman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Red Hat
    Manage containers. Part 1 of 3. Supported engines and orchestrators include Podman, Docker, Lima, kind, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenShift Developer Sandbox.
     
  4. Distrobox icon

    Distrobox

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    Use any Linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Distrobox uses podman or docker to create containers using the Linux distribution of your choice.

    9 Distrobox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. BoxBuddy icon

    BoxBuddy

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    An unofficial GUI for managing your Distroboxes. Written with GTK4 + Libadwaita.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Rust
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  9. OpenVZ icon

    OpenVZ

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    OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux.

    OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated Linux containers (otherwise known as VEs or VPSs) on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict.

    Each container performs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    OpenVZ screenshot 1
     

  10. FreeBSD Jails

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    The FreeBSD jail mechanism is an implementation of operating system-level virtualization that allows system administrators to partition a FreeBSD-based computer system into several independent mini-systems called jails.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
     
  11. rkt icon

    rkt

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    rkt is the next-generation container manager for Linux clusters. Designed for security, simplicity, and composability within modern cluster architectures, rkt discovers, verifies, fetches, and executes application containers with pluggable isolation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    CRI-O

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    CRI-O is an implementation of the Kubernetes CRI (Container Runtime Interface) to enable using OCI (Open Container Initiative) compatible runtimes. It is a lightweight alternative to using Docker as the runtime for kubernetes.

    7 CRI-O alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  13. Singularity icon

    Singularity

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    Singularity is a container solution with a focus on building reproducible software stacks and running them most efficiently on existing HPC, scientific, compute farm and even enterprise architectures.

    9 Singularity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Screenshot of singularity building an hello-world container
     
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    Skopeo

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    Skopeo is a command line utility that performs various operations on container images and image repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
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