containerd VS cri-dockerd

Compare containerd vs cri-dockerd and see what are their differences.

cri-dockerd

dockerd as a compliant Container Runtime Interface for Kubernetes (by Mirantis)
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containerd cri-dockerd
125 11
16,131 932
3.8% 4.9%
9.9 8.4
6 days ago 3 days ago
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Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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containerd

Posts with mentions or reviews of containerd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

cri-dockerd

Posts with mentions or reviews of cri-dockerd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing containerd and cri-dockerd you can also consider the following projects:

podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

cri-o - Open Container Initiative-based implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface

Moby - The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems

podman-compose - a script to run docker-compose.yml using podman

colima - Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

sysbox - An open-source, next-generation "runc" that empowers rootless containers to run workloads such as Systemd, Docker, Kubernetes, just like VMs.

gvisor - Application Kernel for Containers

minikube - Run Kubernetes locally

nerdctl - contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ...

kaniko - Build Container Images In Kubernetes

fly-podman-daemon