Apple tries to contain itself with lightweight Linux VMs for macOS
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Apple introduced an open-source containerization framework for macOS that runs OCI-compliant Linux containers in per-container lightweight VMs, optimized for Apple Silicon and Swift, offering sub-second startup, dedicated IPs, lower memory use, and a minimal filesystem to reduce attack surface—positioned as an alternative to Docker/Podman on Mac. Early releases have limitations on macOS 15 Sequoia, with fuller capabilities planned for macOS 26 Tahoe and only partial memory ballooning support.
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