# Install docker-machine-driver-vmware with Homebrew

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

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:docker-machine-driver-vmware
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install docker-machine-driver-vmware
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:docker-machine-driver-vmware
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.5
- **Source summary:** VMware Fusion & Workstation docker-machine driver
- **Homepage:** <https://www.vmware.com/products/personal-desktop-virtualization.html>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T11:07:34+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- docker-machine-driver-vmware (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.5
## 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.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/machine-drivers/docker-machine-driver-vmware#readme>
- <https://github.com/docker/machine#readme>


## Security Notes

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- **Geiger risk:** green / low
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## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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