Tools In contrast to the use cases mentioned in the official documentation my private use of Docker is much more mundane. I mostly need it to extend my tooling. There is not much missing on my macOS machines to accommodate all of my needs. But in some rare cases I need to have access to some GNU/Linux exclusive software. On those occasional instances I have grown to rely on docker. Fire up a docker container with the appropriate image. Install the needed software in case they are not built in...