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A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
32K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsShellKubernetes
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Low resource, no daemon, kubernetes manifest compatible container platform
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Podman Desktop is the best free and open source tool to work with Containers and Kubernetes for developers. Get an intuitive and user-friendly interface to effortlessly build, manage, and deploy containers and Kubernetes — all from your desktop.
7.8K starsJun 25, 2026 pushdevopsTypeScriptKubernetes
$ npx skills add podman-desktop/podman-desktop#3
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/
8.2K starsJun 26, 2026 pushdevopsRustKubernetes
$ npx skills add kata-containers/kata-containers#4
A container runtime written in Rust
7.5K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdevopsRustKubernetes
$ npx skills add youki-dev/youki#5
Find vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, secrets, SBOM in containers, Kubernetes, code repositories, clouds and more
36K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add aquasecurity/trivy#6
Run Kubernetes locally
32K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubernetes/minikube#7
An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.
29K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add goharbor/harbor#8
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
123K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubernetes/kubernetes#9
Dapr is a portable runtime for building distributed applications across cloud and edge, combining event-driven architecture with workflow orchestration.
26K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add dapr/dapr#10
Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add podman-container-tools/podman#11
Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language 🚀
25K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add pulumi/pulumi#12
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
25K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add cilium/cilium#13
Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
29K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add abiosoft/colima#14
Kubernetes Operations (kOps) - Production Grade k8s Installation, Upgrades and Management
17K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add kubernetes/kops#15
Complete container management platform
26K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
$ npx skills add rancher/rancher#16
An open and reliable container runtime
21K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes
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