Container-compose – A Docker-compose like tool for Apple containers
Hey HN, recently Apple release their own container manager tooling, but it's missing a "compose-like" tool. I'm building this CLI as a side-project and a way to help on the usage with the main tool. It's in a early version, then at the moment I'm trying to be as much as possible compatible with `docker-compose` config file, and in the current version we're supporting two commands: `up` and `down`.
Container-compose – A Docker-compose like tool for Apple containers launched on June 15, 2025 with 59 votes, #524 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Container-compose is a command-line tool that brings Docker-compose functionality to Apple's container manager. Currently in early development, it supports the `up` and `down` commands and aims for compatibility with Docker-compose configuration files. The tool helps users work with Apple's native container tooling by providing a familiar compose-like interface for managing containers.
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From the sources
A docker-compose like tool for Apple Containers. Contribute to noghartt/container-compose development by creating an account on GitHub.
⚠️ container-compose is being put in archive-mode due to me not having time to maintain this project. If you want to use a maintained tool, I recommend: container-compose . A CLI to let you use the Apple container like a docker-compose config file. This tool is on "alpha" mode, which means that you can find a lot of bugs or missing features. If you find anything, feel free to open an issue. Thank you! :) brew tap noghartt/container-compose https://github.com/noghartt/container-compose.git brew install noghartt/container-compose/container-compose Installing via cargo cargo install container-compose Downloading binary We have made a .tar.gz containing the binary available on the release page.…from github.com
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