Apple introduces container machines: persistent virtual machines running Linux
Apple introduces container machines: persistent virtual machines running Linux
Publish Date: 2026-06-12 02:06:00
Source Domain: appleworld.today
At this week’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple introduced container machines: persistent virtual machines running Linux.
A report at The Register says that developers using macOS, as with those on Windows, face the problem that most applications are deployed to Linux, creating a mismatch between the development machine and the deployment target. The friction is less for macOS, which, like Linux, is Unix-like, but still exists.
Apple’s solution builds on the Container project previewed at WWDC last year. Version 1.0 was released at this year’s WWDC, complete with the new container machine feature. The project uses standard Open Container Initiative (OCI) containers, and both the containers and container machines run on lightweight virtual machines (VMs), giving strong isolation, notes The Register.
Apple describes Container as “a tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac.” It’s written in Swift and optimized for Apple silicon.
Container uses the open source Containerization package to run a lightweight VM for each container that developers reate, prioritizing security, privacy, and performance.
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