Software Containers
Sorted by GitHub stars, which measures attention rather than fitness. Read the release date and the commit count next to it before picking one.
| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
Simple management UI for Docker. Zlib · released 2026-08-27 | 38,458 |
Define and run multi-container Docker applications. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-09-03 | 38,126 |
Daemonless container engine for developing, managing, and running OCI Containers on your Linux System. Containers can either be run as root or in rootless mode. Simply put: `alias docker=podman`. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-09-02 | 32,806 |
Lightweight, chroot-like, environment to run an OS or command directly under systemd. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-09-01 | 16,666 |
Container "hypervisor" and a better UX for LXC. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-27 | 6,148 |
Userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. GPL-2.0 · released 2026-04-30 | 5,258 |
Platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Apache-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Container-based virtualization for Linux. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
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