Davit
Container management tool in Developer tools
Commenters praise it as a tiny native SwiftUI app that runs containers through Apple's tooling with no Docker required.
Commenters praise it as a tiny native SwiftUI app that runs containers through Apple's tooling with no Docker required.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks solid and worth trying
“This looks like a great app and I'm excited to try it out.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” “This looks like a really solid app.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” “Looks neat, need to give it a spin”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” Native SwiftUI app, no Electron
“I like the functionality and that it is a tiny native SwiftUI app.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” “No Electron, no web views, no background agents of its own.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” Runs containers without Docker
“It drives Apple's buildkit shim directly over vsock, no docker needed.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI” “Worked perfectly downloading the runtime and running nginx:latest.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DavitThis page | 17 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
| Portainer | 14 | 4 | 78% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
11 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It drives Apple's buildkit shim directly over vsock, no docker needed.”
“I like the functionality and that it is a tiny native SwiftUI app.”
“the prose on the homepage gives off AI marketing BS”
“their homepage is good. They didn't compromise on quality.”
“No Electron, no web views, no background agents of its own.”
“This looks like a great app and I'm excited to try it out.”
“Very nice - would love to see the ability to open a Dockerfile directly in the UI to build/run it.”
“Doesn't mean is not a great app though!”
“Worked perfectly downloading the runtime and running nginx:latest.”
“Looks neat, need to give it a spin”
“This looks like a really solid app.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.