# Install container-compose with Homebrew

Manage Apple Container with Docker Compose files. Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:container-compose
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install container-compose
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:container-compose
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** Manage Apple Container with Docker Compose files
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/mcrich23/container-compose>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mcrich23/container-compose>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-12T20:37:48Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- container-compose (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0
## Project history and usage

Container-Compose is a Swift CLI that maps familiar Docker Compose-style workflows onto Apple's `container` tool. Its history is short and closely follows the appearance of Apple Container in the macOS container-tooling ecosystem.

### Project history

The project describes itself as limited Docker Compose support for Apple Container rather than a wrapper around Docker or Docker Compose. Official releases began with 0.1.0 in June 2025 and reached 1.0.0 in June 2026.

### Adoption history

Official sources do not publish an adopter list. The README positions Homebrew as the recommended installation path, suggesting its main distribution story is convenience for macOS users experimenting with Apple Container and Compose files.

### How it is used

The CLI reads `docker-compose.yml`-style files, supports `.env` input, and starts multi-service applications through Apple Container. This makes it a compatibility bridge for developers carrying Compose habits into Apple's native container runtime.

### Why package nerds care

The package is notable because it sits at a boundary between established Docker Compose file conventions and Apple's newer container stack. In package-manager terms, it turns a new platform-specific runtime into something approachable with existing Compose project layouts.

### Timeline

- 2025: 0.1.0 release published.
- 2026: 1.0.0 release published.

### Related projects

- Container-Compose is explicitly related to Apple Container and to Docker Compose file workflows, while its README states it is not a Docker or Docker Compose wrapper.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/Mcrich23/container-compose#readme>
- <https://github.com/Mcrich23/Container-Compose/releases/tag/0.1.0>
- <https://github.com/Mcrich23/Container-Compose/releases/tag/1.0.0>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/container-compose.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/container-compose.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph