Roadmap & limitations

Limitations

Apple Silicon only — containers run as Linux VMs via Virtualization.framework.
Protocol lockstep — the XPC protocol is pinned to apple/container 1.2.2.
No layer deduplication — each image is a full snapshot; storage can grow quickly (see GUI features).
Hot reload — only ATTRIB events are synthesized.
Not all docker commands — unsupported commands fail with an explicit message (e.g. attach, update, history, rename).

Ideas and improvements on the roadmap, roughly ordered by impact:

Layer deduplication — the native runtime stores each image as a full snapshot. Investigate sharing base layers across images to cut storage.
More docker commands — implement attach, update, history, rename, and docker compose gaps (top, events, pause).
Hot reload fidelity — synthesize MODIFY/CREATE/DELETE inotify events, not just ATTRIB, and propagate host-side deletions.
Graceful daemon handling — auto-start container-apiserver if it is not running, and surface a clear onboarding flow when the runtime is missing.

Notarization & signing — sign the .pkg with a Developer ID and notarize it so Gatekeeper accepts it out of the box.
Auto-update — integrate Sparkle for seamless in-app updates.
CI release pipeline — build and attach signed .pkg/.dmg artifacts to GitHub Releases on tag push.

Compose history — persist recently used compose files for one-click reload.
Container settings — richer per-container configuration (networks, port mapping, resource limits) from the detail pane.
Dashboard — more chart types and per-container filtering.
Localization — add pt-BR and other locales.

Faster polling — batch stats collection and reduce refresh overhead for large container counts.
Build cache — surface buildkit cache usage and per-image reclaimable space in the GUI.

More unit tests — expand coverage for the compose parser, orchestrator, and docker shim.
Integration tests — run against a real container-apiserver in CI.