1. Docker is a container platform that packages applications and dependencies to run seamlessly in any computing environment. It helps eliminate issues caused by differences in computing environments.
2. Kitematic provides a graphical user interface for Docker that makes it easy to run Docker containers without using the command line. It allows visually managing containers.
3. The Docker CLI can be used to run containers by pulling images from Docker Hub, a registry for Docker images, and using commands like docker run to launch containers from those images.