criu
The premium Open Source alternative to VMware vMotion
🎯 Best for:Infrastructure engineers implementing live container migration or process snapshots.
What is criu?
A replacement for traditional process management in high-availability Linux environments. It freezes running applications to disk and restores them exactly where they left off, enabling live migration.
Tech Stack
COS & Utilities
Why criu?
- • Zero-downtime migrations
- • Saves application state
- • Deep kernel integration
Limitations
- • Kernel version sensitive
- • Complex socket handling
- • Requires root access
3/5/2026
Last Update
726
Forks
289
Issues
Other
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on VMware vMotion)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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