Container is a CLI tool
Containerization is a framework
Edit: reverted!
The only gripe I remember with it is that all its APIs are weird.
Like instead of normal names, you have Apple-legacy-names for methods/classes.
If you just want to write A Thing, then it's up to your individual taste, what's available in the ecosystem, etc.
Containerization is a Swift package for running Linux containers on macOS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44229348 - June 2025 (158 comments)
Apple announces Foundation Models and Containerization frameworks, etc - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44226978 - June 2025 (346 comments)
(Normally we'd merge them but it seems there are significant if subtle differences between these)
jzelinskie•7h ago
This repository houses the command-line interface which is powered by containerization[0], the Swift framework wrapping Virtualization.framework to implement an OCI runtime.
[0]: https://github.com/apple/containerization
ok_computer•4h ago
I’m glad this more accessible package is available vs docker desktop on mac os or the aforementioned, likely to be abandoned vmware non enterprise license.
[0] [apple virtualization docs](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/cre...)
mrpippy•34m ago