container
A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
86/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 32
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 24.0
- age_days: 460
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 21
Adoption not part of the score
49427 stars · 1747 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Apple's tool for creating and running Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on Macs with Apple silicon, written in Swift. It consumes and produces OCI-compatible images, allowing pull and push from any standard container registry.
Use cases
- run linux containers on a mac
- pull and run images from a container registry
- build and publish oci images locally
- run containers in lightweight vms on apple silicon
- replace docker desktop for local container development
- test linux workloads on macos
When to choose
- you have a Mac with Apple silicon running macOS 26
- you want an OCI-compatible container runtime optimized for Apple silicon
- you prefer lightweight per-container VMs over shared-VM runtimes
When to avoid
- you use Intel Macs or macOS versions older than 26
- you need Kubernetes or multi-node container orchestration
- you need Windows containers
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
container-runtime cli developer-tools developer-tools cli oci-images apple-silicon lightweight-vms linux-containers containerization virtualization containers devops command-line macos swift
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/apple/container · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2ad9e3d0e00a
- homepage: https://apple.github.io/containerization/documentation/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · c9d659cb806f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| apple/container | main | 86 |
| apple/containerization | sdk | 71 |
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