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Ballast for Mac

Shows the status of Docker containers on a Synology NAS over SSH and opens their web UIs in the browser.

By bryanmanio. Free and open source, GPL-3.0 licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

Ballast at a glance

Version
1.3.2
Released
9 November 2026
Download size
3.8 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
GPL-3.0
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
bryanmanio
GitHub stars
14

About Ballast

macOS menu bar app for Docker containers on a Synology NAS

Screenshots

Ballast screenshot 1

How to install Ballast on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Ballast and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.3.2 from bryanmanio's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Ballast show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Ballast-1.3.2.dmg (3.8 MB).

What is new in Ballast 1.3.2

- Fixed a freeze when you refreshed while a background refresh was already running.
- Refresh now waits for a refresh that's already in progress instead of starting a second one.
- Synology DSM's "missing home directory" SSH warning is no longer reported as a connection error.

Download Ballast-1.3.2.dmg and drag Ballast to Applications. It's signed and notarised.

SHA-256: 4a7a50a26f4572f00324272bffb46fb3a920abadaab1a693f40cab9b620b294e

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