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@nacasha nacasha released this 09 Nov 12:16
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Adds a setup guide for new users and lets you manage your engines from inside Dockev: start, stop, and resize Colima, Podman, Apple container, WSL, and more. It also adds app-wide tabs and better engine detection on Windows.

Onboarding

New users get a short setup guide on first launch. It walks through:

  • App shell: boxed panels or flat, edge to edge
  • Layout: two or three columns, and density
  • Tabs: open pages in tabs, or one at a time
  • Platforms: Docker, plus Kubernetes or Swarm
  • Connections: one engine at a time, or several
  • Engines: find Colima, OrbStack, Podman, and more

Each step shows a live preview, so you can see the change before you pick it.

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Manage Your Engines

The Integrations page now has a Manage panel for each engine, so you can control it without the terminal:

  • Colima: create, start, stop, and delete profiles, and change CPU, memory, and disk. A new Force stop switch helps when a profile is stuck.
  • Podman: create, start, stop, and resize machines
  • Apple container: create VMs, change CPU and memory, and view VM logs
  • Docker in WSL: see your distros, set memory, processors, and swap for WSL (.wslconfig), and restart or shut down WSL
  • Docker Desktop, OrbStack, Rancher Desktop: see status, and start, stop, or restart the app

You can also turn on Start when connecting for each engine. Dockev will then start a stopped engine when you connect to it.

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Apple Container Native Engine (Beta)

Dockev can now work with Apple's container tool directly, without a Docker API. Each container runs in its own lightweight VM. You can list, run, stop, and remove containers, pull images, manage volumes, view logs and stats, and open a terminal. You can also set default CPU and memory limits for new containers.

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Tabs

You can now open pages in tabs across the whole app, not only in the terminal. Right-click any item in a list to Open in new tab.

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Connecting to Engines

  • New connect screen: when no engine is connected, the page now lists the engines and clusters you can connect to, in one click. If an engine is stopped, Dockev starts it for you. This replaces the old "no engine" toast.
  • Stopped engines are detected: auto detect now finds engines that are installed but not running (Colima, Podman, OrbStack, Docker Desktop, and more).
  • Kubernetes clusters in auto detect: clusters from your kubeconfig show up next to engines.
  • Select multiple engines: select several engines in the Engines list and remove them at once.
  • Redesigned Engines list

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Windows

  • Better detection of Docker in WSL distros
  • Dockev now warns you when another app (Docker Desktop, Podman, or Rancher Desktop) has taken the Docker pipe, so you don't see another app's containers by mistake. You can stop that app from the warning.
  • New WSL manage panel (see Manage Your Engines)

Other Improvements

  • The app window opens faster, and the first frame already matches your theme and layout
  • Smoother animation when hiding items in the left icon sidebar

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a deleted engine staying connected
  • Fixed new terminals not showing until you switched tabs
  • Fixed the Add button in the Engines list not working
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