runc
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1 companies hiring
Radar: Initial
Apache-2.0
The reference OCI runtime — spawns and runs containers per the Runtime Specification, and the thing Docker and containerd ultimately call.
OCI Image, Runtime and Distribution
Specifications it implements
What this tool does to each specification, in the role vocabulary. Follow a standard through to standards.apievangelist.com for what it actually specifies.
| Standard | Role | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| OCI Image, Runtime and Distribution | runs |
Using this from an agent
- Interfaces
cli- Consumes
- oci-runtime-bundle
- Runtime
- Runs offline Non-deterministic Writes No credentials
Where it applies
Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.
Understand what a container runtime is actually doing beneath a higher-level tool.
coding-agent
- Website
- https://www.opencontainers.org/
- Repository
- https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
- License
- Apache-2.0 — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-09-17
- Stars
- 13451 · last commit 2026-09-17
- Companies hiring
- 1 — distinct companies whose job postings name this tool, Q3-2026. A demand signal, not a deployment count.
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