containerd joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Foundation fostering cross-project collaboration and growth of cloud native ecosystem BERLIN – CloudNativeCon + KubeCon Europe – March 29, 2017 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which is sustaining and integrating open source technologies to…
ServerWatch: "Docker donating containerD to Cloud Native Computing Foundation"
In December 2016, Solomon Hykes, the founder of Docker, announced a re-focused containerd (Con-tay-ner-D) initiative, spinning out the core container runtime from the Docker Engine community project. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear where containerd…
SD Times: "Docker announces intent to donate containerd to the CNCF"
Late last year Docker announced it was releasing its core container runtime as a standalone open-source project with the intent to donate the project to a foundation. Today, the company is making good on that promise…
SDxCentral: "Docker donates containerd to Cloud Native Computing Foundation"
Docker, Inc. plans to donate its containerd open source project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Containerd is the core container runtime functionality – the bare-bones software – needed to create a Docker container. In…
k0s in 2025: A year of community growth, governance, and Kubernetes innovation
As we begin 2026, it’s worth reflecting on the remarkable progress we made with k0s as a project and as a community during 2025. Last year brought exciting advancements, adoption, and stronger community engagement. k0s is…
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA: Top sessions from the CNCF End User TAB
2025 brought significant developments in the cloud native landscape, with a strong focus on AI but new projects and end user reports in many other areas. As always, KubeCon is one of the key places we…
Lima v2.0: New features for secure AI workflows
On November 6th, the Lima project team shipped the second major release of Lima. In this release, the team are expanding the project focus to cover AI as well as containers. What is Lima ? Lima…
Lima becomes a CNCF incubating project
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept Lima as a CNCF incubating project. Lima enables secure, isolated environments for running cloud native and AI workloads. What is Lima? Where Does It Fit in…
Efficient autoscaling: Keeping performance, reliability, and cost in mind with open source projects
During ContainerDays in Hamburg, Kelsey Hightower posed a simple but powerful question: “Why are we still talking about containers?” His point resonated with me deeply — even in the AI era, the cloud-native community is still…
Local Roots, Global Reach: CNCJ Reflects on KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025
Konnichiwa from Tokyo! 🇯🇵 In June 2025, something remarkable happened: the global cloud native community gathered in Tokyo for the first-ever KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan, hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) under the Linux…