nerdctl is a Docker-compatible CLI for containerd. nerdctl comes with helper scripts for running rootless containerd. To run rootless containerd without nerdctl, see https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/docs/rootless.md Installation Note Please read the common steps first. Especially, make sure $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to be set properly. Download nerdctl-full-<VERSION>-linux-amd64.tar.gz from https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases , and extract the archive onto /usr/local (sy...