Containers Open Source Projects

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123,825 stars

kubernetes/kubernetes

Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management

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Stars123,825
52,085 stars

jesseduffield/lazydocker

The lazier way to manage everything docker

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Stars52,085
47,664 stars

mudler/LocalAI

LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

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Stars47,664
36,990 stars

aquasecurity/trivy

Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more

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Stars36,990
35,561 stars

firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing.

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Stars35,561
32,046 stars

dokku/dokku

A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications

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Stars32,046
31,969 stars

kubernetes/minikube

Run Kubernetes locally

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Stars31,969
31,779 stars

containers/podman

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

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Stars31,779
30,017 stars

abiosoft/colima

Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup

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Stars30,017
29,612 stars

MichaelCade/90DaysOfDevOps

This repository started out as a learning in public project for myself and has now become a structured learning map for many in the community. We have 3 years under our belt covering all things DevOps, including Principles, Processes, Tooling and Use Cases surrounding this vast topic.

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Stars29,612
28,976 stars

goharbor/harbor

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

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Stars28,976
25,971 stars

dapr/dapr

Dapr is a portable runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge, combining event-driven architecture with workflow orchestration.

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Stars25,971
25,758 stars

rancher/rancher

Complete container management platform

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Stars25,758
25,454 stars

pulumi/pulumi

Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language 🚀

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Stars25,454
24,750 stars

cilium/cilium

eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability

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Stars24,750
23,345 stars

slimtoolkit/slim

Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source)

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Stars23,345
23,193 stars

lensapp/lens

Lens - The way the world runs Kubernetes

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Stars23,193
22,534 stars

wsargent/docker-cheat-sheet

Docker Cheat Sheet

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Stars22,534
22,145 stars

bevacqua/dragula

:ok_hand: Drag and drop so simple it hurts

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Stars22,145
21,164 stars

jart/cosmopolitan

build-once run-anywhere c library

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Stars21,164
21,000 stars

containerd/containerd

An open and reliable container runtime

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Stars21,000
19,878 stars

nginx-proxy/nginx-proxy

Automated Nginx Reverse Proxy for Docker

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Stars19,878
19,296 stars

google/cadvisor

Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers.

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Stars19,296
18,811 stars

google/gvisor

Application Kernel for Containers

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Stars18,811
17,788 stars

bcicen/ctop

Top-like interface for container metrics

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Stars17,788
16,647 stars

kubernetes/kops

Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management

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Stars16,647
16,076 stars

dagger/dagger

Automation engine to build, test and ship any codebase. Runs locally, in CI, or directly in the cloud

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Stars16,076
15,921 stars

federico-busato/Modern-CPP-Programming

Modern C++ Programming Course (C++03/11/14/17/20/23/26)

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Stars15,921
15,873 stars

GoogleContainerTools/skaffold

Easy and Repeatable Kubernetes Development

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Stars15,873
15,786 stars

GoogleContainerTools/kaniko

Build Container Images In Kubernetes

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Stars15,786
15,094 stars

caprover/caprover

Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids

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Stars15,094
14,435 stars

GoogleContainerTools/jib

🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.

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Stars14,435
13,942 stars

jessfraz/dockerfiles

Various Dockerfiles I use on the desktop and on servers.

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Stars13,942
13,562 stars

amir20/dozzle

Realtime log viewer for containers. Supports Docker, Swarm and K8s.

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Stars13,562
13,552 stars

philipwalton/flexbugs

A community-curated list of flexbox issues and cross-browser workarounds for them.

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Stars13,552
13,352 stars

opencontainers/runc

CLI tool for spawning and running containers according to the OCI specification

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Stars13,352
12,764 stars

89luca89/distrobox

Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

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Stars12,764
12,603 stars

anchore/grype

A vulnerability scanner for container images and filesystems

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Stars12,603
12,353 stars

redpanda-data/redpanda

Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM!

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Stars12,353
12,171 stars

jetpack-io/devbox

Instant, easy, and predictable development environments

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Stars12,171
12,137 stars

docker/kitematic

Visual Docker Container Management on Mac & Windows

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Stars12,137
11,915 stars

docker/labs

This is a collection of tutorials for learning how to use Docker with various tools. Contributions welcome.

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Stars11,915
11,870 stars

crossplane/crossplane

The Cloud Native Control Plane

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Stars11,870
11,028 stars

quay/clair

Vulnerability Static Analysis for Containers

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Stars11,028
10,876 stars

nicolaka/netshoot

a Docker + Kubernetes network trouble-shooting swiss-army container

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Stars10,876
10,570 stars

kubernetes/kompose

Convert Compose to Kubernetes

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Stars10,570
10,523 stars

distribution/distribution

The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content

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Stars10,523
10,143 stars

moby/buildkit

concurrent, cache-efficient, and Dockerfile-agnostic builder toolkit

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Stars10,143
9,809 stars

johnthagen/min-sized-rust

🦀 How to minimize Rust binary size 📦 https://github.com/johnthagen/min-sized-rust

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Stars9,809
9,672 stars

docker/docker-bench-security

The Docker Bench for Security is a script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production.

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Stars9,672
9,641 stars

bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket

An operating system designed for hosting containers

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Stars9,641
9,613 stars

bregman-arie/devops-resources

DevOps resources - Linux, Jenkins, AWS, SRE, Prometheus, Docker, Python, Ansible, Git, Kubernetes, Terraform, OpenStack, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, GCP

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Stars9,613
9,445 stars

replicate/cog

Containers for machine learning

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Stars9,445
9,283 stars

Tikam02/DevOps-Guide

DevOps Guide - Development to Production all configurations with basic notes to debug efficiently.

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Stars9,283
9,256 stars

anchore/syft

CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials from container images and filesystems

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Stars9,256
9,169 stars

falcosecurity/falco

Cloud Native Runtime Security

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Stars9,169
8,881 stars

fission/fission

Fast and Simple Serverless Functions for Kubernetes

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Stars8,881
8,797 stars

containers/buildah

A tool that facilitates building OCI images.

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Stars8,797
8,774 stars

rkt/rkt

[Project ended] rkt is a pod-native container engine for Linux. It is composable, secure, and built on standards.

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Stars8,774
8,673 stars

openshift/origin

Conformance test suite for OpenShift

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Stars8,673
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