containerd is an industry‑standard container runtime focused on simplicity, robustness, and portability. It provides the core container lifecycle and is commonly used by Kubernetes.
- Kubernetes clusters and CRI runtimes.
- Lightweight, production container runtime.
- Platforms that need a stable OCI runtime.
- OCI image and runtime support.
- Stable APIs and long‑term support.
- Used by Kubernetes and Docker.