lucavallin/barco
Linux containers from scratch in C. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 29
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 81
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1135
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 429
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1543 stars · 93 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
barco is a minimal Linux container runtime written in C, built from scratch using kernel features like namespaces, cgroups, seccomp, and capabilities. It is primarily an educational project for learning how containers work at the kernel level.
Use cases
- run a process inside an isolated Linux container
- learn how namespaces and cgroups implement containers
- understand seccomp filters and capability dropping in practice
- study container runtime internals in readable C code
- experiment with resource limits like memory and CPU via cgroups v2
When to choose
- you want to learn how Docker-style containers work under the hood
- you need a tiny, dependency-light container runner for experimentation
- you are teaching or studying Linux kernel isolation primitives
When to avoid
- you need a production-grade container runtime with image management
- you want OCI compatibility, networking setup, or registry support
- you need to run containers on non-Linux platforms
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
container-runtime security developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools c cli containers-from-scratch namespaces cgroups seccomp educational learning-project containers linux
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/lucavallin/barco · fetched 2026-08-28 · f86361877d51
- homepage: https://lucavallin.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · e0210956425a
- site_page: https://www.lucavallin.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · dbf3c635bce1
- site_page: https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/google-cloud-networking-101-the-comprehensive-tldr · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1d976759cb8
- site_page: https://verto.lucavallin.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · f65f466bfe50
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lucavallin/barco | main | 32 |
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