Apple Container Walkthrough/Example

a year ago

Apple introduced a native containerization framework called Apple Container at WWDC, built entirely in Swift and optimized for Apple Silicon.
Apple Container allows developers to pull, build, and run OCI-compliant container images without Docker or Podman, offering full compatibility with existing container ecosystems.
Key features include pulling from any standard container registry, building and pushing OCI images effortlessly, and being 100% Swift native.
Prerequisites for using Apple Container include macOS 15, Xcode beta 26, and an Apple Silicon Mac.
Installation involves downloading the package from Apple's GitHub, installing it, and starting the service via terminal commands.
Users can build and run containers, interact with them, and even publish images to Docker registries.
Advanced commands allow control over memory and CPU allocation, building images for different architectures, and inspecting container configurations.
Apple Container is positioned as a faster, leaner alternative to Docker and Podman on macOS, maintaining compatibility with OCI-compliant platforms.

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