gVisor
Application Kernel for Containers observed · 2026-10-17
Health v2 · maintenance only
100/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7
- age_days: 3099
- days_rel: 4
- days_push: 4
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
19696 stars · 2057 forks observed · 2026-10-17
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-10-19, confidence 0.97
gVisor is an open‑source application kernel that provides a Linux‑compatible sandbox for containers, running entirely in userspace. It includes the runsc OCI runtime and integrates with Docker, Kubernetes and containerd.
Use cases
- run untrusted code in containers with strong isolation
- sandbox containers in Kubernetes clusters to prevent escapes
- add a security layer to Docker workloads without heavy VM overhead
- run multi‑tenant workloads safely on shared hosts
- enable container checkpoint/restore for stateful applications
When to choose
- need strong isolation comparable to VMs but with low overhead
- running untrusted or third‑party code in containers
- using OCI‑compatible tooling like Docker or Kubernetes
- requiring runtime monitoring and threat detection for containers
When to avoid
- performance‑critical workloads that cannot tolerate extra syscall overhead
- environments lacking Linux 5.6+ or required kernel features
- need full kernel compatibility for specialized syscalls (e.g., io_uring)
Facets
application · maturity active
security security cloud-computing container-runtime oci docker kubernetes application-kernel sandbox runsc gvisor sandboxing containers linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/google/gvisor · fetched 2026-10-17 · 83c9d3ebbc02
- homepage: https://gvisor.dev · fetched 2026-10-05 · 999a8fa19da7
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/architecture_guide/platforms · fetched 2026-10-05 · 1770c984d62d
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/user_guide/compatibility · fetched 2026-10-05 · 4f0386ba7bde
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs · fetched 2026-10-05 · 416673183996
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/user_guide/install · fetched 2026-10-05 · 6be4faff66fd
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/user_guide/checkpoint_restore · fetched 2026-10-05 · f76a5a71114f
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/architecture_guide/security · fetched 2026-10-05 · 6b3173f869a5
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/architecture_guide/performance · fetched 2026-10-05 · 13eebcfd11cd
- site_page: https://gvisor.dev/docs/user_guide/runtimemonitor · fetched 2026-10-05 · b207760fa2b6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| google/gvisor | main | 100 |
| google/netstack | mirror | 10 |
| google/gvisor-containerd-shim | plugin | 10 |
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