LXC is the well-known and heavily tested low-level Linux container runtime. It
is in active development since 2008 and has proven itself in critical
production environments world-wide. Some of its core contributors are the same
people that helped to implement various well-known containerization features
inside the Linux kernel.
## Status
Type | Service | Status
--- | --- | ---
CI (Linux) | Jenkins | [](https://jenkins.linuxcontainers.org/job/lxc-github-commit/)
CI (Linux) | Travis | [](https://travis-ci.org/lxc/lxc/)
Project status | CII Best Practices | [](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/1087)
## System Containers
LXC's main focus is system containers. That is, containers which offer an