documentation VS kata-containers

Compare documentation vs kata-containers and see what are their differences.

documentation

Kata Containers version 1.x documentation (for version 2.x see https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers). (by kata-containers)

kata-containers

Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/ (by kata-containers)
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documentation kata-containers
5 11
454 4,768
- 3.6%
6.1 10.0
almost 3 years ago about 5 hours ago
Shell Rust
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

documentation

Posts with mentions or reviews of documentation. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-16.

kata-containers

Posts with mentions or reviews of kata-containers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-03.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing documentation and kata-containers you can also consider the following projects:

firecracker-containerd - firecracker-containerd enables containerd to manage containers as Firecracker microVMs

kubevirt - Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines.

lxd - Powerful system container and virtual machine manager [Moved to: https://github.com/canonical/lxd]

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

ignite - Ignite a Firecracker microVM

cloud-hypervisor - A Virtual Machine Monitor for modern Cloud workloads. Features include CPU, memory and device hotplug, support for running Windows and Linux guests, device offload with vhost-user and a minimal compact footprint. Written in Rust with a strong focus on security.

containerd - An open and reliable container runtime

firecracker-container

lxd - Powerful system container and virtual machine manager

grype - A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

cilium - eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability