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Docker Engine

Docker Engine is a platform for building, running, and managing containers—standardized, lightweight packages bundling a...

Linux Docker Runtime Containers

9.3 Excellent

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containerd

Containerd is an open-source container runtime that focuses on providing a low-level platform for managing the lifecycle...

Docker Kubernetes Runtime Oci

9.0 Excellent

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runc

Runc is a low-level container runtime implementing the OCI specification, responsible for creating and managing containe...

Linux Runtime Low Level Containers

8.9 Great

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Falco

Falco is an open-source runtime security tool that detects anomalous activity within Kubernetes and other containerized...

Security Runtime Detection Containers

8.5 Great

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crun

Crun is a container runtime that focuses on security and efficiency by utilizing runc's core functionality while adding...

Runtime Red Hat Containers Oci Runtime

8.4 Great

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Wasmtime

Wasmtime is a standalone runtime system designed to execute WebAssembly modules securely and efficiently, serving as a l...

Sandbox Runtime Wasm Containers

8.4 Great

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Apptainer

Apptainer is an open-source software container management system initially developed as Singularity, enabling reproducib...

Linux Hpc Runtime Scientific

8.2 Great

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SingularityCE

SingularityCE is a containerization platform designed for reproducible scientific computing, enabling users to package a...

Linux Hpc Runtime Scientific

8.1 Great

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Railcar

Railcars designed for container transport emerged in the mid-20th century to facilitate intermodal freight shipping, ena...

Rust Oracle Runtime Past

8.1 Great

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Sysdig Secure

Sysdig Secure is a cloud-native visibility and security platform that provides runtime threat detection, vulnerability m...

Security Enterprise Runtime Containers

8.0 Great

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Buildah

Buildah is a command-line tool that builds OCI-compliant container images from Dockerfiles or by layering individual fil...

Linux Red Hat Builder Images

7.9 Good

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Twistlock

Twistlock (now part of Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud) provided runtime security and compliance enforcement for contain...

Security Legacy Runtime Containers

7.9 Good

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Skopeo

Skopeo is an open-source command-line tool that inspects and analyzes container images, providing information like layer...

Red Hat Registry Images Oci

7.8 Good

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Kata Containers

Kata Containers provide a lightweight virtualization solution that creates isolated user space environments for containe...

Secure Runtime Oci Cncf

7.7 Good

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Cloudflare Containers

Cloudflare Containers allows developers to package and deploy applications using Dockerfiles directly onto Cloudflare's...

Serverless Runtime Cloudflare Edge

7.6 Good

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WasmEdge

WasmEdge is a lightweight, open-source runtime environment that allows WebAssembly modules to be executed as containers,...

Runtime Edge Wasm Containers

7.5 Good

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Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances (ACI) offers serverless execution of containers without managing virtual machines or orchestra...

Cloud Azure Serverless Runtime

7.4 Good

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Alibaba Cloud Elastic Container Instance

Alibaba Cloud's Elastic Container Instance (ECI) provides a serverless compute service allowing users to deploy and run...

Serverless Alibaba Cloud Runtime Managed

7.4 Good

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Nabla Containers

Nabla Containers are a container runtime built on top of Kata Containers, providing lightweight, secure virtual machines...

Legacy Ibm Runtime Containers

7.4 Good

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youki

Youki is a Japanese containerization system developed by Hitachi for managing and deploying applications across diverse...

Rust Linux Runtime Containers

7.3 Good