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Life & fun · January 15, 2015

Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime

**PROTOTYPE** FreeBSD Jail/ZFS based implementation of the Application Container Specification - 3ofcoins/jetpack

Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime launched on January 15, 2015 with 96 votes, #346 of 1,772 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Jetpack is a container runtime for FreeBSD that uses Jails and ZFS to implement the Application Container Specification. It is designed for developers and system administrators who work with FreeBSD systems and need containerization capabilities. The software is a prototype implementation that leverages FreeBSD's native virtualization and storage technologies rather than the Linux-based approaches used by mainstream container platforms.

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