andrew-waters/orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop observed · 2026-10-07
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 35
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 1
- age_days: 490
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 15
- n_releases_24m: 52
Adoption not part of the score
1627 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-10-07
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Orchard is a native Swift macOS GUI for Apple's container tooling, serving as a Docker Desktop replacement for managing containers, Linux VMs, and local Kubernetes clusters. It also bridges local MLX/Ollama/LM Studio model servers into containers and provides isolated no-egress sandboxes for running AI agents.
Use cases
- manage apple containers without the cli
- replace docker desktop on mac
- run local mlx models and bridge them into containers
- run ai agents in isolated sandboxed containers
- create and manage local kubernetes clusters
- monitor container cpu memory and network usage
- pull and run docker hub images from a gui
When to choose
- you use Apple's container tooling on macOS and want a native GUI
- you want a Docker Desktop alternative built on Apple containers
- you run local MLX models and want containers to reach them without manual networking
- you need isolated, no-egress sandboxes for coding agents
When to avoid
- you need Docker Desktop features like Docker Compose or the Docker Engine itself
- you primarily work on Linux or Windows
- you need GPU access inside container VMs (inference runs on the host GPU)
- you require a cross-platform container management tool
Facets
application · maturity active
container-runtime container-orchestration llm-inference gui developer-tools monitoring developer-tools self-hosted machine-learning apple-ecosystem apple-containers docker-desktop-replacement mlx kubernetes local-ai sandboxed-agents container-gui containers macos swift desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/andrew-waters/orchard · fetched 2026-10-07 · d9b986de0b2d
- homepage: https://orchard.andon.dev · fetched 2026-08-29 · a4d3568f8c35
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| andrew-waters/orchard | main | 85 |
For agents
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