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* feat: add target-aware RBAC authorization to Scheduled Operations Replace the blanket requireAdmin gate on all 9 scheduled-tasks endpoints with per-action permission checks derived from the centralized action registry. Each scheduled action now declares the existing permission it requires: stack lifecycle actions need stack:deploy on the target stack, node-wide operations need node:manage on the target node, prune stays admin-only via system:settings, and snapshot requires unscoped node:manage. Key changes: - Backend registry: add permission field and resolveTaskPermissionScope - Routes: replace requireAdmin with requireTaskPermission, filter GET listing by permission, add two-phase PUT check - Scheduler: revalidate creator permission at execution time, auto-disable on revocation (TaskAuthorizationError) - Database: new creator_user_id column with migration and backfill - Frontend: canScheduleAction/canScheduleAny helpers, reachability gate via scheduledOpsAccessible, stack context menu uses canDeploy not isAdmin, permissions field on all ScheduledActionDefinitions - Expose checkPermissionForSubject for in-process callers (scheduler) No new PermissionAction values are added. Uses the existing stack:deploy, node:manage, and system:settings matrix. Scoped Admiral grants work on the exact (nodeId, stackName) target per SEN-438. * test: add RBAC coverage for scheduled operations authorization * test: update frontend tests for scheduled-ops RBAC gate changes - useStackMenuItems: gate Schedule task on canDeploy not isAdmin; add test for canDeploy=true, non-admin case - buildNavigationModel: default scheduledOpsAccessible to true (default ctx is admin, who can always schedule) - useViewNavigationState: add stack:deploy to admin can() mocks so canScheduleAny resolves correctly * fix: keep checkPermission unchanged, add checkPermissionForSubject standalone The earlier refactoring that made checkPermission delegate to checkPermissionForSubject changed the call order of effectiveTier(req) relative to the admin bypass, which subtly broke the Community tier clamping in the audit-log route. Keep checkPermission byte-identical to the original and expose checkPermissionForSubject as a standalone function used only by the scheduler revalidation path. * fix: prefix unused selectorType parameter in resolveTaskPermissionScope * fix: address audit findings — existence oracle, revalidation test, action filtering Three corrections from the independent PR audit: RC-1 (action filtering): Wire canScheduleActionAnywhere into the action picker in ScheduledOperationsView so actions the user can never schedule (prune without system:settings, node:manage actions without a scoped grant) are filtered from the picker entirely. Add canScheduleAction check on the Create button against the currently selected target, so the submit button is disabled when the caller cannot schedule the chosen action on the chosen target. RC-2 (existence oracle): Six by-ID endpoints (GET /:id, DELETE /:id, PATCH /:id/toggle, POST /:id/run, GET /:id/runs/export, GET /:id/runs) now return a uniform 404 when permission is denied on an existing task, so an unauthorized caller cannot distinguish "task does not exist" from "task exists but you are not authorized." Added requireTaskExistsPermission helper for the 404 variant; POST create and PUT merged-scope checks keep requireTaskPermission (403). RC-3 (revalidation test): Fixed the orphan-creator test to assert the post-execution task state (auto-disabled, explicit error message) rather than wrapping executeTask in a try/catch with a no-op else branch, since executeTask catches TaskAuthorizationError internally and returns normally. Added canScheduleActionAnywhere helper and AuthContext mock to ScheduledOperationsView tests (38/38 pass). * fix: remove unused TaskAuthorizationError import from test * fix: use 404 on PUT phase-1 unauthorized-access check The PUT two-phase check's first phase (ownership verification) now uses requireTaskExistsPermission (404) instead of a manual 403, consistent with the six other by-ID endpoints. This prevents a caller from probing task-ID existence via the PUT route. * fix: address QA findings — reorder prechecks, surface permission reason Two live-confirmed fixes from the 3-node fleet QA pass: Finding #4 (offline-node error ordering): Swap the order of the node- reachability precheck and the creator-permission revalidation in SchedulerService.executeTask. Authorization now runs first, so a revoked grant is always surfaced as an explicit auto-disable with a clear error message, even when the target node is offline. Previously the reachability check ran first, hiding the revocation behind a misleading "target node is offline" error and leaving the task enabled indefinitely while the node was down. Finding #7 (unexplained Save dead-end): When the Create/Update button is disabled because canScheduleAction denies the selected action-target combination, a muted text line now appears below the button: "You do not have permission to schedule this action on the selected target." This gives scoped users meaningful feedback instead of a silently disabled button with no explanation. * chore: remove redundant !!formName guards The earlier short-circuit conditions in isSaveDisabled and saveDisabledReason already guarantee formName is truthy by the time the canSaveWithCurrentTarget check runs. The !!formName guard is a no-op — flagged by GitHub code-quality as 'Useless conditional: This negation always evaluates to true.'
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Note
Sencho is used in production for day-to-day Docker Compose and fleet management. As a pre-1.0 project it still evolves quickly, so review the known limitations and validate against your own setup before deploying it on critical infrastructure.
What Sencho is
Sencho is a Docker Compose control plane for DevOps engineers, platform teams, system administrators and homelab users who run services on Compose and need a real operational surface: a graphical interface that does not give up file-on-disk workflows, and the ability to manage more than one machine without SSH gymnastics or a VPN.
It runs as a single container on your hardware and provides a UI for common Compose operations: deploying, editing files, watching logs, restarting containers, browsing volumes, and recovering from failures. Your compose files stay on the host filesystem and remain the source of truth.
Multi-node was part of the architecture from the start, not bolted on later: every Sencho instance is the same autonomous node, whether it runs alone or as one of many in a fleet. To manage another machine, you install a second Sencho on it and connect them with a long-lived API token; the primary dashboard then acts as an authenticated HTTP and WebSocket proxy across your fleet. Use TLS, a VPN, or a private network for any untrusted link. Each node still uses its local Docker socket (see Quick start), but Sencho does not require SSH and does not expose a remote Docker socket on the network. For nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls, the Pilot Agent establishes a single outbound WebSocket tunnel to the primary, so the remote host opens no inbound port at all.
Sencho is free, open-source software under AGPLv3. Everything below is included in the Community tier with unlimited nodes and users.
Capabilities
Stacks
- Full Compose lifecycle: create, deploy, restart, stop, take down, pull
- Atomic deployments with automatic rollback on failure
- Monaco editor with diff preview before save and one-click rollback to any prior deploy
- Health-gated updates that hold a rollout until health checks pass, with stalled-update detection and in-app recovery
- Git-sourced stacks pulled and synced from any repository, with ordered multi-file Compose
- File explorer for compose, env, and supporting files, with move and rename across directories
- Drift detection that compares running containers against the effective Compose model and flags exactly what changed
- Environment and secrets guardrails that inventory every variable a stack uses and flag missing or duplicate values, without ever exposing a value
- Storage portability checks that show whether a stack's mounts can move cleanly to another node before you move it
- Compose Doctor preflight checks that catch compose problems before deploy
- Stack labels for grouping and bulk operations
- App Store with LinuxServer.io templates by default, or any custom Portainer-compatible registry
Observability
- Aggregated log search and stream across every container in the fleet
- Live container stats, health checks, and image-update notifications on a configurable cadence, with links from each image to its registry and source
- Threshold alerts for CPU, memory, and network
- Read-only audit log of every action, with a 14-day recent-activity window
- Network topology view of containers, networks, and nodes
- Documentation-drift flags when a stack dossier diverges from the running stack
Fleet
- Multi-node management via authenticated HTTP and WebSocket proxy
- Fleet view with grid and topology layouts
- Fleet snapshots of compose and env across the fleet
- Fleet Federation: cordon nodes and pin Blueprints to specific hosts
- Fleet Actions: bulk label operations, fleet-wide stop-by-label, and fleet-wide prune
- Fleet Dossier: export the whole fleet as a single browsable Markdown archive
- Docker Label Audit across every node, for labels that drive external automation
- Remote updates: pull the latest image and recreate any node in the fleet from the Fleet view, no SSH session required
- Node labels and grouping
- Pilot Agent for nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls
- Node compatibility checks before deploying
Automation
- Auto-heal policies for failed containers
- Auto-update policies for image rollouts
- Scheduled operations on cron
- Webhooks on stack lifecycle events
- Blueprints: declarative fleet templates with drift detection
Security
- SSO: custom OIDC and presets for Google, GitHub, and Okta
- Two-factor authentication with TOTP and backup codes
- RBAC with admin (full control) and viewer (read-only) roles
- Security overview with a chart-led scan summary, sortable images, and searchable scan history
- Vulnerability scanning via Trivy, with on-demand node-wide scans, VEX-based suppression, SARIF export, and SBOM upload
- Compose network inspector with an exposure-intent guard for unintended published ports
- Node-wide network inventory, topology, and exposure findings across every stack on a node
- Scan policies that set severity thresholds and can block a deploy
- Private registries for Docker Hub, GHCR, and custom registries, plus deploy enforcement for non-compliant images
- API tokens for automation
Operations
- Off-site stack archives via custom S3-compatible storage
- Notification routing to Slack, Discord, and any generic webhook
- Global search across pages, nodes, and every stack in the fleet
- Resources view for images, volumes, and networks with scoped prune actions
Before you install
Sencho talks to Docker through the host's /var/run/docker.sock. Mounting this socket grants Sencho the same privilege as sudo docker on the host. This is the same model used by Portainer, Dockge, Komodo, and other Compose dashboards. If your threat model requires stricter isolation, see running with a non-root container user and front Sencho with a reverse proxy that enforces authentication.
Quick start
Sencho runs in a single container.
services:
sencho:
image: saelix/sencho:latest
container_name: sencho
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "1852:1852"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
- ./data:/app/data
# 1:1 Compose Path Rule: the host path MUST match the container path
- /opt/docker:/opt/docker
environment:
- COMPOSE_DIR=/opt/docker
- DATA_DIR=/app/data
docker compose up -d
Open http://your-server:1852 and create your admin account.
Always front Sencho with a TLS-terminating reverse proxy in production. See the self-hosting guide for hardening, environment variables, and reverse-proxy examples.
Run with docker run instead
docker run -d --name sencho \
-p 1852:1852 \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v sencho_data:/app/data \
# 1:1 Compose Path Rule: the host path MUST match the container path
-v /opt/docker:/opt/docker \
-e COMPOSE_DIR=/opt/docker \
saelix/sencho:latest
For the full walkthrough, see the quickstart guide.
Adding remote nodes
To manage a second machine, install Sencho on it the same way, then add it from the primary dashboard with its URL and a long-lived API token. The primary proxies authenticated HTTP and WebSocket requests to the remote instance. The remote node does not run SSH for Sencho, does not expose its Docker socket on the network, and does not run a separate agent process. The local Sencho on each node manages its own Docker through the standard socket mount described in Quick start. Nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls can opt into the Pilot Agent for outbound-only connectivity.
See the multi-node guide for the full token-bearer flow.
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Telemetry and data handling
Sencho does not emit telemetry, analytics, or crash reports, and makes no outbound calls to Sencho-controlled endpoints. Stack metadata, container inventory, and user activity never leave your instance.
Admiral
Admiral is Studio Saelix's paid business assurance plan on top of everything in Community: Hardened Build, Recovery Vault (managed off-site snapshots), priority support, and governance depth (advanced RBAC roles, LDAP / Active Directory, full audit log export and anomaly detection). Fleet Sync policy replication and AWS ECR registry credentials currently require Admiral as well; those access rules are temporary availability, not the reason Admiral exists. See sencho.io/pricing for current plan details.
Documentation, community, and license
- Documentation: docs.sencho.io
- Blog: sencho.io/blog
- Known limitations: KNOWN_LIMITATIONS.md
- If something breaks: the Recovery guide covers getting back to a working state when Sencho, a deploy, sign-in, Docker, or a node fails.
- Community: GitHub Discussions
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Security: SECURITY.md. Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
- License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (
AGPL-3.0-only). Copyright (c) 2026 Studio Saelix. Sencho is free software; see LICENSE and Licensing for terms. Studio Saelix trademarks are described in TRADEMARKS.md.