Yeah! @OrbStack 2.0 embedded Ghostty as their built-in terminal (via libghostty). If you use OrbStack, you're now also using Ghostty. So cool to see this. I think we'll only see more of this when libghostty stabilizes and gets packaged properly.
OrbStack 1.2 is here!
✨ Native access to container files, with Finder and your favorite tools
No more "docker cp" or "docker exec"
orbstack.dev/blog/orbstack-…
We've launched first-class Kubernetes support in OrbStack 0.17.0!
🌎 Seamless Networking. Connect to pods, ClusterIPs, LoadBalancers directly from Mac.
⚡️ Battery Friendly. Up to 80% less power usage.
✨ Native macOS UI for pods & services.
docs.orbstack.dev/kubernetes/
Truly fast container filesystems on macOS: 2–10x faster, within 75-95% of native.
Slow installs, startup, etc. have plagued Docker/containers on macOS since the beginning. We've fixed this in OrbStack 1.6
OrbStack 1.3 is here!
✨ Cloud-init for machines: easily test/replicate/debug dev envs, EC2 instances, and other Linux setups. Same user data format as cloud providers.
✨ Kubernetes cluster.local domains for services & pods
orbstack.dev/blog/orbstack-…
OrbStack v0.15.0 released with auto data migration from Docker Desktop, plus many other improvements and fixes! docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes#…
✨ Keep your containers, volumes, and images when switching from Docker Desktop
OrbStack 1.8 released:
🐞 Debug Shell for stopped containers
🔨 Debug Shell for built images
🌎 Auto container-to-container HTTPS
docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes#…
Been brewing for a long time: dynamic memory!!!
Now out in OrbStack 1.7.0 Canary: memory is auto-released when no longer used, even while containers/machines are running
This has been a problem since containers on macOS were a thing
docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes#…
Big release! OrbStack v0.12.0: docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes#…
✨ You can now connect to Docker containers directly by IP! Port forwarding isn't the only way anymore.
• macOS bridge network for Docker and machines
• Log viewer improvements
• Full M2 Ultra support
OrbStack 1.4 is here!
🚨 Security fixes
✨ New UI design to show more info
✅ Several requested features (shell completions, custom machine usernames, etc.)
docs.orbstack.dev/release-notes#…