Containerization is a Swift package by Apple for running Linux containers on macOS. It provides an API layer for managing OCI images, interacting with remote registries, creating ext4 file systems, spawning containerized processes inside lightweight virtual machines, using a minimal init system, optimized kernels for fast startup, and full control over network and runtime. It is built to leverage Apple Silicon and uses Apple’s Virtualization.framework.

Features

  • Manage OCI images: pull, push, storage formats, etc.
  • Interact with remote registries (authentication, fetching)
  • Create and populate ext4 file systems inside container VMs
  • Interact with the Netlink socket family for container networking and low-level configuration
  • Spawn lightweight virtual machines per container, with an optimized Linux kernel for fast boot times
  • Support for Rosetta 2 for running linux/amd64 containers on Apple Silicon

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License

Apache License V2.0

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Operating Systems

Linux

Programming Language

Swift

Related Categories

Swift Research Software

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2025-09-22
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