Popular software development tool Docker gets Apple M1 support - Ars Technica

Docker, a popular multi-platform application used by software developers, has released a version that runs natively on Apple Silicon hardware, including Macs released with Apple's custom-designed M1 chip.

The public release of the Apple Silicon version of Docker Desktop for Mac was installed 45,000 times in a technical preview, and Docker's press release says that developers participating in that preview said the application ran "faster and quieter" than it did before the M1 update.

To the many developers eager to know if they can use the latest Macs as a dev machine with Docker, the wait is over...

Docker Desktop for Mac [Apple Silicon] will let you do everything you’ve been able to do on a Mac already, and you’ll be able to do it faster and with less noise.

That said, Apple has only released a few Macs that include the M1, and all of them are lower-end machines with limitations like low maximum RAM configurations, support for only one external monitor at a time, and fewer Thunderbolt ports than high-end machines that still have Intel chips—meaning most of the Apple Silicon Macs that would be most suitable for developers have yet to be released.

The full release notes for Docker Desktop 3.3.1 with Apple Silicon support can be found at the Docker Docs website.