bushel is a terminal UI for Apple Containers. Browse containers, images, volumes and networks in four panes, with live telemetry for the selected container. Choose a rail beside the detail pane or a full-width table above it. Delete, prune and kill show the exact container … command before you confirm.

It wraps Apple’s container CLI as a subprocess. Create containers on the command line, then use bushel to manage them. You can also pull and tag images, create named volumes, and inspect existing networks. Why it is shaped that way explains the scope.

Requirements

macOS 26 on Apple silicon.
Apple’s container CLI, tested against 1.2.x. Other versions raise a dismissable banner and still run.

Installing takes one line:

curl -LsSf https://bushel.sh/install | sh

Then run bushel. Homebrew, cargo, and the environment knobs are on the install page, along with what bushel update does for each method.

Where to go next

Install: every install method, and how each one upgrades, plus shell completions and the man page.
Using bushel: navigate the panes, read logs, and manage containers, images and volumes. Networks are available for inspection.
Keys: the full keymap, generated from the cheatsheet bushel ships. Press ? for the same list without leaving the terminal.
Config: layouts, the settings panel, and the four options in ~/.config/bushel/config.toml, including how flags override them.
Troubleshooting: what to do when bushel will not start, shows nothing, or refuses an action.
Why: the arguments behind the shape, from where the scope stops to the rules motion has to meet.

The key and config tables come from the latest release’s generated reference at site build time. Each page names that version; compare it with bushel --version if you run an older binary. If release data cannot be fetched, the site uses its bundled reference and displays that copy’s version.

Reporting something broken

Open an issue on GitHub. The message log inside bushel (m) keeps the full stderr of anything that failed, which is the most useful thing to paste.