Cross Domain · specification · Open Container Initiative

OCI

OCI (Open Container Initiative) is an open governance project under the Linux Foundation that defines vendor-neutral specifications for container images, runtimes, and distribution, so containers built with one tool run consistently across any compliant platform.

opencontainers.org/The standard

Open Container InitiativeGoverning body · Linux Foundation

Image 1.1.0 and Distribution 1.1.0 (2...Current version

Yes — JSON SchemaMachine-readable schema · open

0providers in the catalog

Also known as Open Container Initiative, OCI Standard, OCI Image Spec.

Providers that carry OCI 0

No provider in the catalog carries this standard as a tag yet. That is a statement about the catalog's tagging, not about adoption: a provider that implements OCI and says so in its APIs.json profile appears here on the next build. Add or correct a listing.

Reading

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Read from the API Evangelist standards directory, facts verified 2026-08-17. Provider links come from the catalog's own identity tags and are rebuilt nightly. If this page is wrong about a standard or a provider, say so.