Flotilla · by melonfleet
Apple’s containers, with a window.
Apple shipped container for macOS and left it on the command line. Flotilla is the native app on top: containers, images, volumes, networks and the virtual machines they run inside — plus a real terminal in every container. Free, no account, no telemetry.
What it does
Everything goes through Apple’s own container CLI.
Flotilla shows the exact command it used, so nothing happens that you could not have typed yourself.
container run -d --name api -p 8080:80 nginx:latest
Run and watch
Start, stop and delete containers, and see live stats and logs while they run.
Shell straight in
A real terminal in any container or machine, without leaving the window.
Everything else too
Images, volumes, networks and the virtual machines your containers run inside.
Requirements & install
Two things, and nothing else.
macOS 26 or later
On Apple silicon.
Apple’s container CLI
Installed separately from apple/container. Flotilla drives that tool; it does not bundle or replace it.
Nothing else
No account, no telemetry. Signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple.
Flotilla is in beta testing. Each beta is signed with a Developer ID and notarised by Apple, and published as a pre-release on GitHub; the first full release follows when testing is done. Download the latest beta, and if you’d like to help, follow the test plan.