kata-containers VS kubevirt

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

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)

kubevirt

Kubernetes Virtualization API and runtime in order to define and manage virtual machines. (by kubevirt)
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kata-containers kubevirt
11 50
4,768 5,003
3.6% 2.6%
10.0 10.0
about 10 hours ago 6 days ago
Rust Go
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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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.

kubevirt

Posts with mentions or reviews of kubevirt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-03.

What are some alternatives?

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

harvester - Open source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software

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

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.

k3s - Lightweight Kubernetes

gvisor - Application Kernel for Containers

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.

crossplane - The Cloud Native Control Plane

ignite - Ignite a Firecracker microVM

cilium - eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability