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Top 9 Software Container Open-Source Projects
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Portainer
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6. Dokku
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Neat. I like to see other takes on this. Any reason to use rootless vs `userns=auto`? I haven't really seen any discussion of it other than this issue: https://github.com/containers/podman/discussions/13728
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There are implementations like Harbor, which offer native retention policies for tags. However, if you host a registry like CNCF Distribution, you need additional tooling to automatically delete tags.
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Project mention: From Beginner to Pro: Deploying Scalable AI Workloads with Docker & Terraform | dev.to | 2025-05-03
For more information on Docker, you can refer to the official Docker documentation and explore relevant open-source projects on Docker's GitHub. Additionally, for Terraform-related resources, check out the official Terraform documentation and Terraform GitHub.
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Project mention: Building a Linux Container Runtime from Scratch | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-26
Why not use any of the existing OCI Runtimes? They take well-defined[0] JSON description as input, and are pretty well-contained (single static binary). And because they are separate binaries, not libraries, you don't need to worry about things like thread safety or FD leaking.
[0] https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/blob/main/con...
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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
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Software Container projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portainer | 32,954 |
| 2 | Dokku | 30,475 |
| 3 | podman | 26,821 |
| 4 | Harbor | 25,540 |
| 5 | LXC | 4,867 |
| 6 | Docker Swarm | 4,320 |
| 7 | runtime-spec | 3,357 |
| 8 | Habitus | 1,365 |
| 9 | Starter | 311 |
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