Designed as a lightweight development tool, the runtime supports existing workflows including the Docker CLI, Docker Compose, BuildKit, and OCI images. Built-in capabilities extend beyond basic container management to offer integrated vulnerability scanning, full Linux machine virtualization, and k3s Kubernetes deployments in about 20 seconds. The software also simplifies networking by generating automatic local HTTPS domains and offering public web tunnels via runkiri.cloud.
Key points
Direct kernel interactions through a single daemon significantly outperform multi-process…: Direct kernel interactions through a single daemon significantly outperform multi-process container runtime competitors in execution speed.
Native system integrations automate resource reclamation and put idle virtual machines to…: Native system integrations automate resource reclamation and put idle virtual machines to sleep after sixty seconds of inactivity.
Built-in networking features eliminate external configuration by supplying automatic loca…: Built-in networking features eliminate external configuration by supplying automatic local HTTPS and public link sharing through runkiri.cloud.
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The modern container runtime.
8× faster than Docker.
Kiri runs Docker containers with one daemon. The docker
CLI, Compose and the Docker API work as they do today.
The 8×: docker run
takes 22 ms on Kiri and 178 ms on Docker Desktop (152 ms on Colima, 279 ms on OrbStack), every engine on 2 CPUs and 8 GB.
Free, and in beta on Mac, Windows and Linux. Something broken or annoying? Tell us with Feedback in Kiri's window, and we fix it.
Kiri's window is now in 15 languages
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Works with what
you already use
docker
docker compose
docker buildx
- Docker Engine API
- Docker Hub
- OCI images
ghcr.io
- Dockerfiles
While it runs
Light while it runs.
Ten containers running on one Apple silicon Mac, one runtime at a time: how much CPU and memory each one…
Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities were exposed after nationwide flight operations suffered a prolonged shutdown linked to solitary networking hardware. The incident draws immediate scrutiny to the Federal Aviation Administration's reliance on legacy technologies to support modern transit networks. This mounting operational strain persists even as substantial federal resources continue flowing into preserving outdated communication setups across the country.
A router overload in Arkansas triggered a nationwide grounding of flights, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. No further details regarding the cause of the overload, the duration of the disruptions, or the specific systems affected were disclosed.
Existing Python linters generally verify annotations only within function signatures, leaving room for ambiguous types like dictionary structures to creep into codebase assignments. Gawain addresses this visibility gap by enforcing explicit type definitions across all variables and class attributes before running backend checkers. This preemptive validation ensures codebases maintain rigid type safety standards and prevents unannotated assignments from reaching downstream analysis.