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AppsDeveloper ToolsContainers and VirtualizationDavit

Davit

A native macOS UI for Apple's platform

by Wouter de Biewouterdebie/davit
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
Checked by AppsXiNotarizedSigned

About Davit

A native macOS UI for Apple's [container](https://github.com/apple/container) platform — think OrbStack/Docker Desktop, but for the Linux-containers-as-lightweight-VMs stack Apple ships for Apple silicon.

A davit is the shipboard crane that hoists cargo and small craft over the side — which is more or less what this app does with your containers.

Built entirely in SwiftUI (no Electron, no web views). Davit links Apple's own `ContainerAPIClient` library and talks to container-apiserver directly over XPC — the same wire path the container CLI uses. The CLI binary is never invoked: lists, lifecycle, live stats, log streaming, image pulls, volume/network management, the in-terminal shell (davit exec), and even launchd service bootstrap all go through the API.

Features

  • Dashboard — service status with one-click start/stop, resource counts, disk usage with reclaimable-space cleanup menu, live aggregate CPU chart across running containers.
  • Containers — list with live CPU/memory/IP per row, start/stop/kill/restart/delete, prune, search, Export Filesystem (save a container's rootfs as a tar), and Edit & Recreate (containers are immutable on this platform, so "editing" opens the Run sheet prefilled with the container's ports/env/mounts/resources/network — with the image's entrypoint/CMD/env subtracted so only your customizations show — and replaces it on confirm). Detail view with:
  • Overview: image, command, platform, resources, network (IP/MAC/gateway/hostname), published ports with "Open in Browser", mounts, environment, labels.
  • Logs: streaming -f follow mode, boot-log toggle, tail selector, copy.
  • Stats: live CPU %, memory, and disk-I/O charts (Swift Charts); tiles for CPU, memory, disk space used, network, and process count.
  • Inspect: pretty-printed raw JSON.
  • Terminal: opens an interactive shell in Terminal/iTerm (davit exec over XPC).
  • Files: browse the container filesystem — navigate, download, upload, delete (over exec + copy in/out).
  • Images — pull with streaming progress, Pull Latest to refresh any image's tag to the newest digest (context menu or image detail), run-from-image, tag, delete, prune; per-image platform variants, size, digest, "used by" containers, and a Layers tab (per-layer size + the command that built it).
  • Volumes — create (with size), delete, prune, reveal backing image in Finder, in-use badges, and Browse Files (mounts the volume into a throwaway helper and reuses the file browser).

Description adapted from the project README.

Version
0.1.38
Updated
Oct 7, 2026
Size
21 MB
License
MIT License

Open source details

Source code
Exact source for v0.1.38
Released
Oct 7, 2026
GitHub stars
1.6K
Website
github.com/wouterdebie/davit

Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.

License

Permissive

MIT License

Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.

Read the full license

How this app was checked

AppsXi checks every version before it is listed.

  • Signed by Wouter de Bie (A5RB8C9F54)

    Apple Developer ID team A5RB8C9F54

  • Notarized by Apple

  • Hardened Runtime on

  • File matches the hash GitHub published

    SHA-256 8c9c8af786e782659f40576ae4c68d8947142df93c94e0565375bdad3e39db9b

  • No malware found

    ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026

  • Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet

    Coming soon for all listings.

  • Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed

    sparkle: https://github.com/wouterdebie/davit/releases/latest/download/appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.

1 technical note
  • Library search path outside the app: /Applications/Xcode_27.1_beta.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/swift-6.2/macosx
What these checks mean

Versions

0.1.38

Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac

DMG · 21 MB

checked

Questions about Davit

Is Davit free?

Yes. Davit is free and open source under the MIT License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.

Is Davit safe to download?

AppsXi downloads every version of Davit from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 0.1.38 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.

Does Davit run on Apple silicon Macs?

Yes. Davit has a native Apple silicon build.

What does Davit need to run?

Davit needs macOS Sequoia (15) or later.

Who makes Davit?

Davit is an open source project by Wouter de Bie on GitHub (wouterdebie/davit). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.

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  • Download for MacApple siliconDMG · 21 MB
    SHA-256 for Davit-0.1.38.dmg8c9c8af786e782659f40576ae4c68d8947142df93c94e0565375bdad3e39db9b
Version
0.1.38
Mac
macOS Sequoia (15) or later
Price
Free

The download comes straight from the maintainer’s official GitHub release. AppsXi checked this exact file.

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