Kata Containers

Kata Containers is an open source project that builds lightweight virtual machines that seamlessly plug into the container ecosystem. It combines the speed of containers with the security isolation of virtual machines, providing a hardware-level isolation boundary for each container or pod.

Kata Containers publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Containers, Isolation, Kubernetes, Open-Source, and Security.

Kata Containers’ developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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15.3/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Containers Isolation Kubernetes Open-Source Security Virtual Machines

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 15.3/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.4 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 1

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Kata Containers Rate Limits

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RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

GitHubRepository

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Slack

Slack

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: kata-containers
name: Kata Containers
description: Kata Containers is an open source project that builds lightweight virtual machines that seamlessly plug into
  the container ecosystem. It combines the speed of containers with the security isolation of virtual machines, providing
  a hardware-level isolation boundary for each container or pod.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kata-containers.png
tags:
- Containers
- Isolation
- Kubernetes
- Open-Source
- Security
- Virtual Machines
tags_raw:
- Containers
- Isolation
- Kubernetes
- Open Source
- Security
- Virtual Machines
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kata-containers/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: kata-containers:kata-containers
  name: Kata Containers
  description: Kata Containers is an open source container runtime that uses lightweight virtual machines to provide the speed
    of containers with the security of traditional VMs. It is compatible with the OCI runtime specification and integrates
    with Kubernetes through the CRI-O and containerd runtime interfaces.
  humanURL: https://katacontainers.io/
  tags:
  - Containers
  - Isolation
  - Kubernetes
  - Open-Source
  - Security
  - Virtual Machines
  tags_raw:
  - Containers
  - Isolation
  - Kubernetes
  - Open Source
  - Security
  - Virtual Machines
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://katacontainers.io/docs/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/tree/main/docs/install
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/blob/main/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kata-containers-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/katacontainers
- type: Website
  url: https://katacontainers.io/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://katacontainers.io/docs/
- type: Blog
  url: https://katacontainers.io/blog/
- type: Slack
  url: https://katacontainers.slack.com/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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