containerd

Industry-standard container runtime

88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

containerd is an industry-standard container runtime that manages the complete container lifecycle of its host system, from image transfer and storage to container execution and supervision.

Importance

  • Default runtime for Docker and Kubernetes
  • CNCF graduated project
  • Foundation for cloud container infrastructure
  • Used by major cloud providers

Key Features

  • OCI-compliant container execution
  • Image management
  • Network and storage interfaces
  • Snapshot support

Sustainability

containerd is a CNCF graduated project with strong corporate support. It has an active community and solid funding through the foundation.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (1)
Linux Kernel 88
containerd
containers
⬇️ Used By (2)
Kubernetes 82
Moby (Docker Engine) 79

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Linux Kernel →
containerd
→ Kubernetes → Moby (Docker Engine)
Downstream

Impact Analysis

1 Direct Dependencies
2 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to containerd could affect 2 downstream projects.

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