CRI-O Alternatives

CRI-O is described as 'Implementation of the Kubernetes CRI (Container Runtime Interface) to enable using OCI (Open Container Initiative) compatible runtimes. It lightweight alternative to using Docker as the runtime for kubernetes' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to CRI-O for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Minecraft apps. The best CRI-O alternative is Docker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CRI-O are Podman, containerd, Crane and rkt.

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  1. Docker icon
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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
     
    • Docker is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CRI-O.

    • Docker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CRI-O.

    • Docker is Freemium and Open SourceCRI-O is Free and Open Source
    • Docker is LightweightCRI-O is not according to our users
  2. Podman icon
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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
     
  3. containerd icon
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    An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Crane icon
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    Crane is a container image tool that includes building local Docker images; connecting to DockerHub; listing local and remote container images; pushing local images to the DockerHub registry, and importing remote container images into an MLOps platform cluster.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. rkt icon
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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
     
  6. Skopeo icon
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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
     
  7. Dockercraft icon
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    Docker + Minecraft = Dockercraft. Contribute to docker/dockercraft development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Minecraft
    • Docker
     
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