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krunvm vs Kata Containers: catalog facts
krunvm	Kata Containers
Free Free to use from its GitHub repository.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2 license.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux
Builds microVMs directly from OCI images Fast boot with a small footprint	VM-level isolation with a dedicated kernel per workload Supports QEMU, Cloud-Hypervisor and Firecracker
Command-line only Depends on libkrun and buildah being installed	Infrastructure component for operators, with no desktop interface Needs hardware virtualization support on the host
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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