Re:Show HN: Davit, a Apple Containers UI
by watermelon0 on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @12:54AM
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Docker Desktop's memory saver shuts down VM when containers are not running.
Additionally, Docker/Podman/Orbstack start a single VM, where memory is shared between containers.
On the other hand, Apple Containers create a separate VM for each container, which results in higher memory usage due to Linux kernel overhead, as well as the fact that kernel will try to use most of the available memory for file caching.
Additionally, Docker/Podman/Orbstack start a single VM, where memory is shared between containers.
On the other hand, Apple Containers create a separate VM for each container, which results in higher memory usage due to Linux kernel overhead, as well as the fact that kernel will try to use most of the available memory for file caching.