# 使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix 安装 container

查看 container 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

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

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install container
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install container
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: devel/container/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#container
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/container/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:container
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.2.0
- **来源摘要:** Create and run Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines
- **主页:** <https://apple.github.io/container/documentation/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/apple/container>
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-29T17:23:24+01:00
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- container (别名)
- container-apiserver (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.2.0
## 项目历史与用法

Apple's `container` is a macOS-focused CLI for creating and running Linux containers as lightweight virtual machines. It is written in Swift, optimized for Apple silicon, and designed around OCI-compatible images and registries.

### 项目历史

Apple published the initial 0.1.0 release in June 2025 and reached 1.0.0 in June 2026. The README describes the project as active development, with stability guarantees limited to patch versions until the 1.0.0 milestone.

### 采用历史

Official documentation frames the tool around macOS developers who need Linux containers without a shared Linux VM. The project also became package-manager-relevant quickly because Homebrew, MacPorts, and Nix package records appeared around a first-party Apple runtime rather than a Docker Desktop replacement package.

### 使用方式

The CLI can start the system service, pull and run OCI images, build images from Dockerfiles, push images to registries, and manage containers, images, registries, builders, and system components. Its technical overview explains that each container runs in its own lightweight VM through Apple's Containerization package and macOS frameworks such as Virtualization, vmnet, XPC, launchd, Keychain services, and unified logging.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

For package nerds, `container` is significant because it makes Apple's native container stack installable and scriptable as a CLI. Its use of OCI images preserves interoperability with existing registries, while its macOS-only virtualization model creates a distinct packaging target from Linux containerd/runc stacks and Docker Desktop-style bundles.

### 时间线

- 2025: 0.1.0 release published.
- 2026: 1.0.0 release published.
- 2026: Documentation states support targets macOS 26 and Apple silicon.

### Related projects

- `container` uses Apple's Containerization Swift package for low-level container, image, and process management. Its technical overview also connects it to OCI image standards and macOS platform frameworks.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/apple/container#readme>
- <https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/technical-overview.md>
- <https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/tutorials/start-here.md>
- <https://github.com/apple/container/releases/tag/0.1.0>
- <https://github.com/apple/container/releases/tag/1.0.0>
- <https://apple.github.io/container/documentation>


## 安全说明

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger 风险:** orange / 中
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Nix - container: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/container/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - container: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/container/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

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