What makes CiderStack different Fleet

One dashboard for every Mac, every VM

Fleet Manager lets you see and control VMs across your entire Mac infrastructure from a single pane of glass. No SSH hopping. No juggling terminals.

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Real-time metrics

CPU, memory, disk usage across every node

One-click actions

Start, stop, snapshot any VM on any node

Zero-config networking

Automatic node discovery on your network

SSH through NAT

Connect to VMs behind firewalls

Capabilities

Everything you need to manage a Mac fleet

Fleet Manager turns a collection of Macs into a unified, manageable infrastructure.

Centralized Dashboard

See every Mac, every VM, and their status at a glance. No more logging into machines individually.

Live Resource Metrics

Real-time CPU, memory, and disk usage for each node. Know when you need to scale before it's too late.

Remote VM Actions

Start, stop, restart, or snapshot VMs on any node without leaving the dashboard or opening a terminal.

Node Health Monitoring

At-a-glance status for every Mac in your fleet. Online, offline, busy—know instantly.

Automatic Discovery

New Macs appear automatically via Bonjour/mDNS. No manual IP configuration required.

SSH Tunneling

Connect to VMs on remote nodes even behind NAT or firewalls. No VPN needed.

How it works

Up and running in minutes

Fleet Manager uses a peer-to-peer architecture. No central server needed.

Install CiderStack

Run the installer on each Mac you want to manage. Takes under a minute per machine.

Enable Fleet Mode

Toggle Fleet Manager in preferences. Nodes automatically discover each other on the network.

Manage from anywhere

Open the Fleet Manager tab to see all nodes and VMs. Control everything from one place.

CLI included

Full fleet control from the command line

Everything you can do in the UI, you can script. Perfect for automation, CI/CD, and power users.

List nodes and their status

Execute VM commands on remote nodes

SSH into VMs through node proxies

Query metrics for monitoring integrations

Terminal — Fleet CLI

# List all nodes in the fleet $ cider fleet nodes NODE STATUS VMs CPU MEM mac-mini-01 online 2/2 45% 8.2 GB mac-studio-02 online 1/2 12% 16.4 GB macbook-ci-03 online 2/2 78% 12.1 GB # Start a VM on a specific node $ cider fleet exec mac-studio-02 vm start xcode-runner ✓ Started xcode-runner on mac-studio-02 # SSH into a VM on a remote node $ cider fleet ssh mac-mini-01:ci-worker-1 Tunneling through mac-mini-01... admin@ci-worker-1 ~ %

Why not just SSH between machines?

You could manage VMs by logging into each Mac. But here's what you're missing.

Manual SSH Management

Jump between terminals for each Mac
No centralized view of all VMs
Manual IP tracking and configuration
No aggregate metrics or health checks

          Fleet Manager
          
              Single dashboard for all Macs and VMs
            
              Real-time visibility into everything
            
              Automatic discovery, zero config
            
              Built-in SSH tunneling through NAT