Go Software Containers

Open-source Go projects categorized as Software Containers

Top 5 Go Software Container Projects

Software Containers
  1. podman

    Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

    Project mention: Troubleshooting Docker Desktop: Tips and Alternatives for Developers | dev.to | 2025-01-21

    Podman: A lightweight container runtime that eliminates the need for a desktop app. It’s free, open-source, and compatible with many Docker workflows.

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  3. Harbor

    An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.

    Project mention: serverless-registry: A Docker registry backed by Workers and R2 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-05

    Yeah in our case we are operating a private registry on behalf of our customers, so slightly different use-case than running your own registry for your own internal use.

    If you do want to run your own registry, there's some great OSS projects including https://github.com/project-zot/zot, https://goharbor.io/, and of course https://github.com/distribution/distribution.

  4. runtime-spec

    OCI Runtime Specification

    Project mention: The What, Why and How of Containers | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-27

    > Well, no. When people say "containers", they always mean "Docker".

    Not really/necessarily. https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec

  5. Habitus

    A build flow tool for Docker.

  6. Starter

    Helping you get started with containerized apps. (by cloud66-oss)

  7. Nutrient

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Software Container projects in Go? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 podman 25,186
2 Harbor 24,764
3 runtime-spec 3,285
4 Habitus 1,358
5 Starter 310

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