libracoder/kiri
A small, fast container runtime for macOS, Windows and Linux
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A tiny, fast container runtime for macOS, Windows and Linux. Runs your Docker images and works with the docker CLI, Compose and buildx you already use. Download · Features · Build from source · Releases Kiri is a lightweight replacement for Docker Desktop and OrbStack, written in Rust. It runs containers in one small Linux VM (or straight on the kernel on Linux) and speaks the Docker Engine API, so your tools just work. The name comes from the Igbo word ntakịrị, "small". The first time you open Kiri, it sets up a kiri Docker context. Kiri updates itself, and checks each new release's signature first. Docker's commands also work as kiri commands (kiri run, kiri ps, kiri compose up, and so on), and always target Kiri. alpine running true and removed, median of 30 runs, same docker CLI for all three: Method and every other figure are in bench/results.json.…
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A small, fast container runtime for macOS, Windows and Linux
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- Owner
- libracoder
- Primary language
- Rust
- Stars
- 435
- Forks
- 38
- Open issues + pull requests
- 9
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Archived
- No
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- main
- Created
- 2026-11-02T16:11:30.000Z
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- 2026-11-06T04:12:01.000Z
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