Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI
4 hours ago
- #macOS
- #Apple-silicon
- #container-management
- A fully native macOS app for running Linux containers on Apple silicon without Docker Desktop.
- Free, open source, MIT licensed, signed, and notarized. Requires macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon.
- Directly communicates with Apple's container daemon via XPC, avoiding Electron or background agents.
- Features include container management with live stats, streaming logs, interactive shells, and resource editing.
- Containers are immutable; Davit prefills new ones from old configs for quick adjustments.
- Handles image pulling, volume creation, subnet customization, and resource validation via TOML overrides.
- Automatically downloads and sets up Apple's container platform without admin rights, optionally adding the CLI.
- Built in SwiftUI with menu bar actions, optional Dock icon, and native charts.