docker-archive/libcontainer
PROJECT MOVED TO RUNC observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 4621
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2846
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1190 stars · 313 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Docker's original Go library for creating and managing Linux containers using namespaces and cgroups. The project has moved to the Open Containers Initiative's runc repository and this archive is no longer maintained.
Use cases
- spawn and run containers programmatically in Go
- manage Linux namespaces and cgroups for process isolation
- build a custom container runtime
- understand how Docker implements containerization
When to choose
- you need the historical source of Docker's container runtime internals
- you are researching the origins of the OCI runtime specification
When to avoid
- you want to build or run containers today - use opencontainers/runc instead
- you need a maintained container runtime library
- you want to contribute code - contributions go to runc
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
container-runtime developer-tools operating-systems go containers oci namespaces cgroups archived moved-to-runc devops linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/docker-archive/libcontainer · fetched 2026-08-28 · c38c633c92fb
- homepage: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc · fetched 2026-08-29 · e27d90ca9239
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| docker-archive/libcontainer | main | 10 |
For agents
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