Container runtime
without the weight.

nyxd is a Linux-native OCI orchestrator built on crun. Zero Docker. Zero containerd. Just a clean control plane you actually understand.

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nyxd

# install (Linux, macOS)
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.nyxd.io/install.sh | sh

# run a container
nyx run -d --name web -p 8080:80 nginx:alpine

# list running containers
nyx ps

crunOCI Runtime

nativeDefault network

1.xStable API + CLI

arm64Also supported

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

A focused feature set for operators who want predictable container orchestration on bare Linux hosts.

RUNTIMENo container runtime stack

nyxd calls crun directly. No Docker daemon, no containerd shim, no unnecessary overhead on your host.

Read section NETWORKIn-process networking

Native bridge + IPAM + nftables NAT runs fully inside nyxd — no CNI binaries required unless you want them.

Read section COMPOSECompose-compatible workflow

nyx compose up parses a Compose subset — services, env, mounts, depends_on, health checks — no Docker needed.

Read section SUPERVISORSupervisor + restart policies

Restart policies with backoff, health checks, and containers that keep running and are re-adopted when the daemon crashes or restarts.

Read section APIREST control plane

Every operation is on a Unix-socket HTTP API, documented as OpenAPI 3 and kept compatible for all of 1.x.

Read section SECURITYSecure by default

NoNewPrivileges, minimal capabilities, masked /proc, per-container network namespace, digest verification on every pull.

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Ready to ditch the daemon stack?

Pick your system and have nyxd running a container in under 60 seconds, on Linux, macOS or Windows.

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