# Kata Containers

> Kata Containers is an Apache-2.0 project governed by the Open Infrastructure Foundation that delivers VM-level isolation with a container-like workflow; it supports three hypervisors — QEMU, Cloud Hypervisor and Firecracker — and is OCI/CRI compatible, but requires bare metal or nested virtualization.

OCI-compatible VM isolation that can drive QEMU, Cloud Hypervisor or Firecracker.

- **Category:** Execution Sandbox
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Language:** Rust
- **Self-hosted:** Yes
- **GitHub stars:** 8874 (2026-10-04)
- **Repository:** https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers
- **Last verified:** 2026-10-04

Source: https://agent.c8.fit/tools/kata-containers/