Davit
Dev tools
container management ui
SHOW HN2026
389points
101comments
#94of 4,366 in 2026
Top 3%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Design: 2 for, 4 againstPerformance: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Native feel, no Electron, small size
From 3 comments
This looks like a really solid app. I like that it's 17 MB and uses the ContainerAPIClient library directly. 28 commits in 3 days, 5,015 lines of Swift, every commit…
simonw on HNReally nice. Worked perfectly downloading the runtime and running nginx:latest. It's getting to the point that scrolling down on Github and seeing Claude as a contributor is a…
internet2000 on HN> No Electron, no web views, no background agents of its own. Sweet, regardless of the AI help. If anything even more so, no excuses for lazy Electron, with AI helping hand. Kudos.
pjmlp on HN
Works well out of the box with nginx:latest
From 1 comment
Really nice. Worked perfectly downloading the runtime and running nginx:latest. It's getting to the point that scrolling down on Github and seeing Claude as a contributor is a…
internet2000 on HN
Objections
Website AI-generated marketing copy feels off-putting
From 2 comments
The AI-Maxing copy on the website kind of gave it away. Doesn't mean is not a great app though!
thefourthchime on HNI think the issue is that the prose on the homepage gives off AI marketing BS "Everything you'd expect. Nothing you don't." "Native down to the pixels" etc. in an age where the…
tomgp on HN
Vibe-coded origin raises quality concerns
From 2 comments
The description of this submission that literally says "Mostly vibe-coded" didn't give it away?
satvikpendem on HNWould you say these are all of equivalent, top notch, quality? I can't say I know that for certain. Used to be you could use website polish and a few other surface level things…
jayd16 on HN
Requests
Getting started tutorial with a realistic example
From 2 comments
This looks like a really solid app. I like that it's 17 MB and uses the ContainerAPIClient library directly. 28 commits in 3 days, 5,015 lines of Swift, every commit…
simonw on HNA tutorial with a slightly more realistic example would help a lot here. nginx:latest shows the plumbing works, but it doesn’t really show where Apple Containers feels different…
joka88xj on HN
Docker API compatibility
From 1 comment
Man I wish Apple would add docker api compatibility to Apple containers
ozarkerD on HN
Dockerfile build support
From 1 comment
Very nice - would love to see the ability to open a Dockerfile directly in the UI to build/run it.
siquick on HN
Questions
How does it compare to OrbStack
From 3 comments
How does it compare to something like OrbStack?
oulipo2 on HNHow does this compare to OrbStack? Do Apple Containers offer anything in the dev experience that I would notice? OrbStack’s implementation already feels lightning fast for my…
reassess_blind on HNIs this possibly a replacement for Orbstack?
sails on HN
Do containers work with Docker
From 2 comments
I don't know a lot about containers. Would containers created for/with this also work in Docker? Good name for this app, BTW.
MoonWalk on HNYeah. I don't quite understand this. Can I use this instead of docker desktop, to run docker containers on my mac 'natively' ? Or this is completely separate from docker ?
jaffa2 on HN
Alternatives named
OrbStack
From 2 comments
How does it compare to something like OrbStack?
oulipo2 on HNI've been a fan of Orbstack for make 2 years or so. Worth the cost for me because it's so well integrated and fast and docker command compatible. I'll give this a try though.
dllrr on HN
Docker Desktop
From 2 comments
can someone tldr me why choose apple container (and its ui) over docker (and orbstack)
armanj on HNIn addition to memory saver that another person replied about, Docker Desktop also has an MCP server functionality and marketplace (almost all free) and huge AI focus. You can…
routelastresort on HN
contained-app, berth, orchard, iContainer, dory
From 3 comments
What stood out to me more than this particular project is the visible acceleration of a phenomenon many of us could foresee, especially over the last year or so: people can build…
joohwan on HNOther recent vibe-coded projects providing similar interfaces: - https://github.com/tdeverx/contained-app - https://github.com/tofa84/berth
bbg2401 on HNand https://github.com/andrew-waters/orchard but without vibe coding
bluejedi on HN