A native macOS UI for Apple's platform
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.
-f follow mode, boot-log toggle, tail selector, copy.davit exec over XPC).exec + copy in/out).Description adapted from the project README.
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
MIT License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
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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.
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 21 MB
Yes. Davit is free and open source under the MIT License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
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.
Yes. Davit has a native Apple silicon build.
Davit needs macOS Sequoia (15) or later.
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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