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Project Lightning Talk: youki: What’s New and What’s Next? - Yusuke Sakurai, Reviewer

6:08 · 23 Mar 2026 – 26 Mar 2026 · YouTube

About this talk

This talk features Yusuke Sakurai discussing "youki: What’s New and What’s Next?" as part of the Project Lightning series. Youki, a Rust-based OCI runtime and the only low-level container runtime within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, serves as an essential component for managing isolated processes on Linux. The speaker outlines youki's architecture, explores the roadmap toward the 1.0.0 release, and addresses practical considerations for its real-world adoption, including compatibility with runc. Additionally, the talk highlights security and performance improvements and advanced initiatives like integrating with libkrun for VM-based isolation. The session also covers the current development status and encourages community involvement in its ongoing evolution.