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docker/for-mac

Bug reports for Docker Desktop for Mac observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/docker/for-mac · homepage observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

64/100

  • Activity 70
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3688
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 184
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2531 stars · 134 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Docker Desktop for Mac is an integrated Docker experience on macOS, bundling the Docker Engine, CLI, Compose, and Kubernetes with a hypervisor-based VM (HyperKit/VPNKit). This repository itself serves as the bug tracker for the product and is being sunset in favor of a new desktop-feedback repository.

Use cases

  • run docker containers on mac
  • develop with docker on apple silicon
  • run kubernetes locally on macos
  • report a bug in docker desktop for mac
  • build and test containerized apps locally
  • manage multi-container apps with docker compose on mac

When to choose

  • you need Docker containers on macOS, including Apple Silicon
  • you want a bundled local Kubernetes environment for development
  • you want a GUI plus CLI for container workflows on a Mac

When to avoid

  • you run Linux natively and can use Docker Engine directly
  • you need guaranteed support rather than best-effort issue triage
  • you want to file new issues - the tracker has moved to the desktop-feedback repository

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

container-runtime developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform docker-desktop issue-tracker containers macos hypervisor kubernetes bug-tracker virtualization devops docker desktop

8 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
docker/for-macmain64

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