Kiri Download

Download Kiri

Version 0.1.0, free. One app brings the runtime, the docker command, Compose and buildx, so there is nothing else to install.

macOS

Signed and notarized disk image, 45 MB. Apple silicon (M1 or later), macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Download for Apple silicon Intel Not supported

Linux

Native, with no VM at all: the daemon calls clone3 on your own kernel.

x86_64 Coming soon arm64 Coming soon

Windows

Inside WSL2, on the Linux kernel Windows already ships. Windows 10 or 11.

x64, WSL2 Coming soon

Or install from Terminal

Downloads the latest release, checks its SHA-256 and Apple's notarization, moves Kiri to Applications and sets up the kiri and docker commands.

$ curl -fsSL https://runkiri.com/install.sh | bash

Before you start

What you need, and what you don't.

A Mac with Apple silicon

M1 or later, on macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Kiri runs one small Linux VM through Apple's Virtualization.framework.

Nothing else

No Docker Desktop, no Homebrew packages. Kiri brings its own docker, Compose and buildx and adds a kiri docker context.

Coming from OrbStack or Docker Desktop?

The app can move your images, volumes and containers over, so you can switch without rebuilding.

First run

Three steps to your first container.

  1. Open the app

    Open the disk image, drag Kiri to Applications and open it. It starts the VM and lives in the menu bar.

  2. Open a new Terminal window

    So it picks up the kiri and docker commands Kiri just put on your PATH.

  3. Run something

    $ kiri run --rm hello-world

    Your usual docker and docker compose commands now run on Kiri too.