getkern / kern
Rootless container runtime with no daemon. Runs agent tool calls and LLM-generated code in kernel-enforced containers.
Why this job: works in the areas we cover, but does not say which job it does
What it does
A rootless container runtime in one static binary, with no daemon. The same binary is the sandbox an agent's code runs in, called from Python, Node or any MCP client. kern calls a container a box.
Get started
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getkern/kern/main/install.sh | sh - Maintenance
- Active
- Last commit 11 days ago
- Stars
- 466
- +3 this week
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Allows business use
- Downloads for
- 2 systems
- Windows, Linux
- Latest version
- v0.33.0
- Released 26 days ago
- Built with
- Rust
- 74% of the code
Is it looked after?
- Contributors
- 1
- Last 90 days
- Issues
- 100% closed
- 0 still open
- Pull requests
- 1 merged
- 0 waiting
- Releases
- 15
- 15 in the last year
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More: download files, languages, topics and project record
Download files, v0.33.0
- Windows2 files, 11 downloads
- Linux4 files, 127 downloads
Languages
- Rust 74%
- Python 17%
- JavaScript 4%
- Shell 3%
Topics
- ai-agents
- cgroups
- code-execution
- code-interpreter
- container-runtime
- containers
- daemonless
- docker
- docker-alternative
- linux
- linux-namespaces
- oci
Project record
- JobOther AI tools
- StatusListed
- Commits1,713
- Forks12
- Watching3
- Stars in 28 days+21
- CreatedJul 18, 2026
- First seen by usNov 7, 2026
- CheckedNov 9, 2026