# container: A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac

<https://github.com/apple/container>

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## What Jamie wrote

Apple created Apple Silicon optimized container tool.

## Facts

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- Repository: apple/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.
- About the repository: Swift, 50,858 stars, Apache-2.0, last push October 23, 2026
- Homepage: <https://apple.github.io/container/documentation/>

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