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container

A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.

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Where it is used

  • Davit — Davit is a shipped native macOS application that connects to Apple's container runtime to run and manage Linux containers on macOS. Source

What people are saying

This looks nice, but on mac you can virtualise really easily into microvms now with https://github.com/apple/container. I've built my own cli that runs the agent + docker…

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:02:05 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month90 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-06-09 20:42:23 UTC to 2026-10-12 09:40:14 UTC.

0510152025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 11 mentions; 2 submissions, 9 commentsJun 20252025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 0 submissions, 9 comments2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 commentsFeb 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 17 mentions; 3 submissions, 14 comments2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 commentsOct 2026

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jun 20252025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC1129
Jul 20252025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Aug 20252025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC312
Sep 20252025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC606
Oct 20252025-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC909
Nov 20252025-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Dec 20252025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jan 20262026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC716
Feb 20262026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC514
Mar 20262026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
Apr 20262026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC101
May 20262026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC505
Jun 20262026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC17314
Jul 20262026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC505
Aug 20262026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Sep 20262026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 20262026-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-11-01 00:00:00 UTC303

What Hacker News says

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mkagenius·Jul 13, 2025
I have actually been working on something similar but instead of Docker, I am using Apple’s builtin container[1] support to run shell commands and code with real OS-level isolation. It’s fast (spawns in milliseconds) and integrates nicely with things like Claude Code and the Gemini CLI. I open sourced it as CodeRunner[2]. Would love to hear what people think or chat about how it compares. 1. Apple container: https://github.com/apple/container 2. CodeRunner: https://github.com/BandarLabs/coderunner Caveat: You need M1/M2/M3/M4 mac for this to work. MacOS 26 is optional but recommended.
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