Get Orchard on macOS and Linux Now!
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
Get Orchard with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
Orchard doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs Orchard on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
Orchard doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs Orchard on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
Orchard just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up Orchard, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run Orchard --help to see the available commands, and
Orchard --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch Orchard and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What Orchard does
- Native support, incredible performance and the engineering resources to make it work
- An in-app chat tester to verify any model server without leaving the app
- Easier networking - no more port mapping (every container gets its own IP address), networks out of the box
Summarised from Orchard's own documentation.
About Orchard
The native UI for Apple Containers and (o)MLX sandboxes, written in swift as a replacement for docker desktop
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 1.6k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
Orchard is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
Orchard is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.