Nerdctl
containerd is a Docker-compatible CLI for containerd.
✅ Same UI/UX as docker
✅ Supports Docker Compose (containerd compose up)
✅ [Optional] Supports rootless mode, without slirp overhead (bypass4netns)
✅ [Optional] Supports lazy-pulling (Stargz, Nydus, OverlayBD)
✅ [Optional] Supports encrypted images (ocicrypt)
✅ [Optional] Supports P2P image distribution (IPFS) (*1)
✅ [Optional] Supports container image signing and verifying (cosign)
Installation Instructions
Linux
Depends on:
rootlesskit runc containerd cni
Linux
Depends on:
rootlesskit runc containerd cni Download Nerdctl
{
"url": "{{ .SVar `.tool.containerd.download.url` }}",
"destination_folder": "{{ .PDownloads }}",
"output_filename": "{{ .SVar `.tool.containerd.download.filename` }}",
"overwrite": false
} Extract Nerdctl Release
{
"destination": "{{ .PTools }}/nerdctl/{{ .SVar `.tool.containerd.download.version` }}",
"skip_symlinks": true,
"preserve_permissions": true,
"remove_existing": true,
"source": "{{ .PDownloads }}/{{ .SVar `.tool.containerd.download.filename` }}"
} Binaries
- containerd-rootless-setuptool.sh
- containerd-rootless.sh
- nerdctl