Apple’s container has finally reached v1.0.0.
The name is a bit too generic, so in this article I’ll call it Apple’s container.
At first glance, it is tempting to describe it as “Apple’s Docker.” But that is not quite accurate. Apple’s container is a CLI tool for creating and running Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on macOS. It is written in Swift, optimized for Apple silicon, and works with OCI-compatible container images, so it can pull images from standard registries and push images that you build yourself. The GitHub repository currently lists 1.0.0 as the latest release, dated June 9, 2026. (GitHub)
I have not used it heavily in production yet, so this is mostly a documentation-based first look rather than a deep hands-on review.
What is Apple’s container?
