Kata Containers
Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/
Kata Containers scores 7.4/10 (Strong) in Sandboxes & Runtimes.
Language Rust License Apache-2.0 Stars 8.2k★ Type heavyweight Self-host Yes Repo kata-containers/kata-containers Homepage https://katacontainers.io
Quality
Strong 7.4
Adoption 48
Activity 89
Maturity 100
Community 54
Capability 50
Show the math
Overall 7.4/10
value = 7.4/10
score = value
Adoption 5.3/10
value = 47.9/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Activity 9/10
value = 88.7/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Maturity 10/10
value = 100/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Community 5.9/10
value = 54.2/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Capability 5.5/10
value = 50/100
score = 1 + 9 * value / 100
Key metrics
8.2k★ GitHub stars
1.2k/90d Recent commits
12 devs/90d Recent contributors
8.6y Project age
active Last commit
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Labels
- Self-hosted
Self-hosted
You deploy and operate it yourself; there is no hosted option here.
- Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Resource-heavy to run (GPU, large memory, or multi-service stack).
microvm containers oci isolation kubernetes