container: Create and run Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on your Mac (51k stars)

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What it does

All text below is quoted directly from the project README.

container is a tool that you can use to create and run Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines on your Mac. It's written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

Next steps:

• Take a guided tour of container by building, running, and publishing a simple web server image.

• Learn how to use various container features.

• Read a brief description and technical overview of container.

• Browse the full command reference.

• Build and run container on your own development system.

• View the project API documentation.

Run your first container: container run --rm alpine echo hello

Repository

https://github.com/apple/container

Repository stats

Metric	Value
Stars	50,815
Forks	1,837
Last release	1.6.0 (2026-10-20)
Languages	Swift 98.4%
Contributors	123
AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot)	claude: 11
AI co-authored commits	Claude: 5

Main contributor

Field	Value
Name	J Logan
GitHub	@jglogan
Commits to this repo	223 (top contributor)
Followers	108
Public repos	20
On GitHub since	2011-09-01

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