opencontainers/runtime-spec resource
OCI Runtime Specification observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
64/100
- Activity 79
- Release rhythm 23
- Longevity 100
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: 249
- age_days: 4107
- days_rel: 302
- days_push: 131
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3664 stars · 622 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The Open Container Initiative Runtime Specification, which defines how to run a filesystem bundle as a container, including configuration, lifecycle, and platform-specific details. It is the industry standard that runtimes like runc implement, enabling portable containers across compliant runtimes.
Use cases
- build an OCI-compliant container runtime
- create container bundles with config.json
- understand how runc and docker run containers
- write lifecycle hooks for container runtimes
- make my container tooling standards-compliant
- learn the OCI container bundle format
When to choose
- you are building or validating a low-level container runtime
- you need the authoritative reference for OCI bundle configuration and lifecycle
- you want your container tooling to interoperate with Docker, Kubernetes, and other OCI ecosystems
When to avoid
- you want a runnable container engine rather than a specification document
- you need image format or registry distribution standards (see image-spec and distribution-spec)
- you want high-level container orchestration features
Facets
learning-resource · maturity stable
container-runtime developer-tools documentation cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code windows cross-platform oci container-specification runc docker filesystem-bundle standards open-container-initiative containers devops linux
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec · fetched 2026-08-28 · fdde607f27e3
- homepage: http://www.opencontainers.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · cede10152191
- site_page: https://opencontainers.org/about/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4a3bc773c315
- site_page: https://opencontainers.org/about/tob · fetched 2026-08-29 · c919f71c4f62
- site_page: https://opencontainers.org/about/security-disclosure · fetched 2026-08-29 · e6b2016f31a1
- site_page: https://opencontainers.org/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · bdc269126fc3
- site_page: https://opencontainers.org/posts/blog/2024-03-13-image-and-distribution-1-1 · fetched 2026-08-29 · a0490c1d9e9f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| opencontainers/runtime-spec | main | 64 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="opencontainers/runtime-spec")
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