rkt/rkt
[Project ended] rkt is a pod-native container engine for Linux. It is composable, secure, and built on standards. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4313
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2382
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
8766 stars · 872 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
rkt is a pod-native container engine for Linux, designed to be secure, composable, and built on open standards like appc, CNI, and OCI. Development has officially ended and the repository is archived.
Use cases
- run application containers on linux
- run pods of containers with strong isolation
- run containers in hardware-isolated VMs
- run docker and oci images with a secure container engine
- integrate container runtime with systemd or kubernetes
When to choose
- you need a historical reference implementation of the appc pod specification
- you maintain a legacy system already built on rkt
When to avoid
- starting any new project - the project is ended and unmaintained
- you need security patches or bug fixes
- you want a modern OCI-compliant container engine - use podman, containerd, or docker instead
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
container-runtime cli security networking cloud-computing security go cli container-engine pods oci appc cni archived coreos containers devops linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/rkt/rkt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3952ead7b612
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rkt/rkt | main | 10 |
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