containerd Alternatives

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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    The Turbo.net Client allows you to package apps and their dependencies into a lightweight, isolated virtual environment called a "container." Containerized apps can be run on any machine that has the appropriate Turbo.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPad
     
    • Turbo.net Client is the most popular Android & iPad alternative to containerd.

    • Turbo.net Client is Freemium and Proprietarycontainerd is Free and Open Source
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    Lilipod is a simple container manager, able to download, unpack and use OCI images from various container registries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Desktop application sandboxing for Linux. It basically lets you start any installed binary in a configurable container. Changes are stored through copy-on-write.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    plash is a flexible container build and run engine. It supports rootless containers, needs no daemons and runs inside docker.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Kata Containers is an open source, secure container runtime with lightweight virtual machines that feel and perform like containers, but provide stronger workload isolation using hardware virtualization technology as a second layer of defense.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Chaperone is a lightweight alternative to process environment managers like systemd or upstart. Chaperone provides an extensive feature set, including dependency-based startup, syslog logging, zombie harvesting, and job scheduling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
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    Stakkr is a lightweight development environment that relies on docker to deploy and link containers of all types. It can be installed in 3 steps : docker, stakkr then configuration. The config file is very simple and multiple services are included.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    WinDocks provides Docker compatible containers on Windows Server 2012, with support for .nET and SQL Server containers, with integrated SQL Server clone and Web UI.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WinDocks is the most popular commercial alternative to containerd.

    • WinDocks is Paid and Proprietarycontainerd is Free and Open Source
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