diff --git a/recipes/wip/containers/crun-vm/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/containers/crun-vm/recipe.toml
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index 000000000..5473bb527
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+++ b/recipes/wip/containers/crun-vm/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# dependencies - https://github.com/containers/crun-vm/blob/main/docs/1-installing.md#from-source
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/containers/crun-vm"
+[build]
+template = "cargo"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/containers/crun/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/containers/crun/recipe.toml
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index 000000000..9619bb48f
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+++ b/recipes/wip/containers/crun/recipe.toml
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+#TODO disable systemd and SELinux
+[source]
+tar = "https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/1.17/crun-1.17.tar.gz"
+[build]
+template = "configure"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/containers/docker/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/containers/docker/recipe.toml
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index 000000000..ceb2a3863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/containers/docker/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO implement a Cookbook template for the Go programming language
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/docker/cli"
+branch = "27.x"
+[build]
+template = "go"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/containers/podman/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/containers/podman/recipe.toml
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index 000000000..3bcc67201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/containers/podman/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#TODO Implement a Cookbook template for the Go programming language
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/containers/podman"
+branch = "v5.2"
+[build]
+template = "go"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/containers/youki/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/containers/youki/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75df049dc
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+++ b/recipes/wip/containers/youki/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#TODO require cgroups
+[source]
+git = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+cookbook_cargo_packages youki
+"""