nerdctl VS containerd

Compare nerdctl vs containerd and see what are their differences.

nerdctl

contaiNERD CTL - Docker-compatible CLI for containerd, with support for Compose, Rootless, eStargz, OCIcrypt, IPFS, ... (by containerd)
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nerdctl containerd
32 125
7,279 16,131
2.7% 3.8%
9.6 9.9
1 day ago 6 days ago
Go Go
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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nerdctl

Posts with mentions or reviews of nerdctl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-10.

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.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nerdctl and containerd 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

lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers

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

kaniko - Build Container Images In Kubernetes

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

k3s - Lightweight Kubernetes

kind - Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes