
runc
Podman
Crane
CRI-O
ZeroVM
BuildKit
Buildah
Daemon based on liblxc offering a REST API to manage containers

Mem0
Memori
Agentmemory
Supermemory
Tempreon
cognee
TheSecondBrain.dev
Portable, verifiable memory for AI agents — works across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and any MCP client
Which is more popular?
Based on our record, LXD seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 9 times since March 2021.
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ChainMemory gives your AI agents persistent memory that belongs to YOU — not to a single vendor. Save a memory in ChatGPT, recall it in Claude or Gemini. Available via Chrome extension, MCP server (npm), or REST API. Every memory gets a cryptographic fingerprint and project states are anchored...
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Linux containers project. Foreshadowing of this move at https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago
The expected changes are: - https://github.com/lxc/lxd will now become https://github.com/canonical/lxd - https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd will disappear and be replaced with a mention directing users to https://ubuntu.com/lxd - The... Source: over 3 years ago
Hello community, It seems LXC images for arm7l/armhf are no longer available, not from the official Turris mirror nor from LinuxContainers.org (https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/). Any solution or alternative for people like me heavily... Source: over 3 years ago
Tracking ChainMemory since Jul 2026.
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