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Install docker-machine-driver-vmware with Homebrew

VMware Fusion & Workstation docker-machine driver. Version 0.1.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01.

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macOS

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brew install docker-machine-driver-vmware

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overview

Package summary

VMware Fusion & Workstation docker-machine driver

Commands and aliases

  • docker-machine-driver-vmware

history

Project history and usage

Docker Machine VMware Driver is an external docker-machine driver for provisioning local Docker hosts on VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation. Its niche is making the docker-machine workflow work across both VMware desktop products instead of only the built-in vmwarefusion driver.

Project history

The README frames the driver as a Docker Machine plugin for creating machines on VMware Fusion and Workstation. It explicitly distinguishes itself from Docker Machine's built-in vmwarefusion driver: the external vmware driver also supports VMware Workstation, while vmwarefusion is limited to VMware Fusion.

Adoption history

The project documents installation from GitHub releases, Homebrew, and Go source. That suggests adoption mostly by macOS and workstation users who still relied on Docker Machine's VM-driver model after Docker Desktop and other local-container workflows became more common.

How it is used

The normal workflow is docker-machine create --driver=vmware default, with options for boot2docker images, configdrive cloud-init, CPU count, disk size, memory, network type, shared-folder behavior, SSH user/password, and IP wait time. It requires VMware Workstation 14 or VMware Fusion 10 or newer as the supported host virtualization layer.

Why package nerds care

This package is a good example of the Docker Machine driver plugin ecosystem: a single binary on PATH extends docker-machine with a provider-specific backend. For Homebrew users, it kept an otherwise manual driver install reproducible and upgradeable.

Timeline

  • Docker Machine plugin era: The driver follows docker-machine's external driver binary model.
  • VMware desktop support: The README documents VMware Workstation 14 and VMware Fusion 10 as supported baselines.
  • Package-manager availability: The README documents Homebrew installation for macOS users.

Related projects

  • Related projects include Docker Machine, boot2docker, VMware Fusion, VMware Workstation, and other machine-drivers organization plugins.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
docker-machine-driver-vmwareexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.1.5
manager updated2026-07-01
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:docker-machine-driver-vmware
Version0.1.5
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://www.vmware.com/products/personal-desktop-virtualization.html
Repositoryhttps://github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware
Last updated2026-07-01T11:07:34+02:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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