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* fix(audit-log): neutralize CSV export injection, clamp pagination, bound anomaly history Harden the Admiral audit log without changing its tier or hub-only gating. - CSV export now defuses formula injection: any field that a spreadsheet would evaluate as a formula (leading = + - @, or a trigger behind leading whitespace, or a leading tab/CR) is prefixed with a single quote before RFC 4180 quoting. Audit summaries embed user-controlled resource names, so this closes a path where a crafted name could execute on export open. - Clamp page and limit to positive bounds on the list endpoint so a negative limit can no longer reach SQLite as "unlimited" and dump the whole table. - Bound the anomaly and stats history reads to a capped slice of recent rows so the analysis paths stay within fixed memory and latency on large histories instead of scanning the full retention window per request. - Surface failed audit list and stats fetches through the standard error toast instead of leaving the view silently stale. - Add a developer-mode-gated diagnostic log to the stats endpoint for parity with the list and export handlers. Covered by new unit and HTTP-integration tests (CSV neutralization through the real export route, pagination clamps, bounded history, stats endpoint, anomaly annotation) and verified end to end in the browser. * fix(audit-log): compute signal-rail stats with exact SQL aggregates Address review feedback on the earlier history-cap change. The cap was correct for the anomaly baseline but made the stats tiles (events, actors, failure rate, hourly series) silently undercount on a hub with more than the cap's worth of rows in the window, since they were derived from the capped row slice. - Add DatabaseService.getAuditStatsInputs: exact counts via SQL COUNT / COUNT(DISTINCT) / GROUP BY hour, and new-ip detection over the small DISTINCT (user, ip) pair sets. No row cap, so the tiles stay exact at any window size while memory stays bounded. - Reduce computeAuditStats to a pure formatter over those aggregates. - Keep the bounded history read only for the list endpoint's anomaly annotation, where a recent-activity baseline is an acceptable heuristic. - Skip the redundant load-failure toast when a fetch fails with a handled 401, so an expired session does not stack toasts on top of logout. Adds exactness tests for the aggregate counts, distinct-actor handling, and new-ip detection, and strengthens the pagination-clamp tests. * fix(audit-log): exclude future-dated rows and make the new-ip sample deterministic Two small parity fixes on the stats aggregates: upper-bound every current window by `now` so a future-dated row (clock skew or a fixture) cannot inflate the live counts, and order the new-ip pair scan so the sample actor shown in the tile detail is stable. Adds a test asserting a future row is excluded.
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Note
Sencho is currently in public beta on the path to v1.0. Core workflows are actively tested, but early users should review the known limitations and avoid deploying it blindly on critical infrastructure without testing in their own environment first.
What Sencho is
Sencho is for homelab operators, small DevOps teams, and platform engineers who run services on Docker Compose, want a graphical interface without giving up file-on-disk workflows, and need to manage more than one machine without SSH gymnastics or a VPN.
It runs as a single container on your hardware and gives you a UI for the work you currently do over SSH on compose stacks: 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.
A Sencho instance is autonomous. 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.
Most capabilities are free in the Community tier. A few advanced automation and fleet-control features ship in paid tiers; pricing lives at sencho.io/pricing.
What Sencho is not (yet)
Sencho is a Docker Compose control plane focused on homelab and small-fleet operators. It is intentionally not:
- A Kubernetes scheduler or replacement.
- A reverse proxy. Front Sencho with your existing proxy (Caddy, Traefik, nginx) for TLS and authentication on the public edge.
- A monitoring stack. Sencho surfaces container and host metrics in the dashboard but does not replace Prometheus, Grafana, or your existing alerting pipeline.
- A CI / CD pipeline. Use webhooks, the API, or Git-sourced stacks to connect Sencho to your build system.
See KNOWN_LIMITATIONS.md for the current limitation list.
Tier coverage: All bullets below are available in the free Community tier unless marked with (Skipper) for paid mid-tier or (Admiral) for paid top-tier. Full breakdown at sencho.io/pricing.
Capabilities
Stacks
- Full Compose lifecycle: create, deploy, restart, stop, pull
- Monaco editor with diff preview before save and one-click rollback
- Git-sourced stacks pulled and synced from any repository
- File explorer for compose, env, and supporting files
- Stack labels for grouping and bulk operations
- App Store with LinuxServer.io templates
Observability
- Aggregated log search and stream across every container in the fleet
- Live container stats, health checks, and image-update notifications
- Threshold alerts for CPU, memory, and network
- Read-only audit log of every action (Admiral)
- Network topology view of containers, networks, and nodes
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
- Pilot Agent for nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls
- Node compatibility checks before deploying
Automation
- Auto-heal policies for failed containers (Skipper)
- Auto-update policies for image rollouts (Skipper)
- Scheduled operations on cron (Skipper)
- Blueprints: declarative fleet templates with drift detection (Skipper)
- Webhooks on stack lifecycle events (Skipper)
- Encrypted Fleet Secrets pushed to labeled nodes (Skipper)
Security
- SSO: custom OIDC, presets for Google, GitHub, and Okta, plus LDAP and Active Directory
- Two-factor authentication with TOTP and backup codes
- RBAC with five roles: admin (full control), viewer (read-only), deployer (deploy and restart, no edits), node-admin (admin scoped to specific nodes), and auditor (read-only with audit-log access)
- Vulnerability scanning via Trivy on every tier with VEX-based suppression; SARIF export and SBOM upload (Skipper)
- Private registries (Admiral) and deploy enforcement (Skipper) for non-compliant images
- API tokens for automation
Operations
- Host console in the browser (Admiral)
- Off-site stack archives via custom S3 (every tier) or Sencho Cloud Backup (Admiral) for managed storage
- Notification routing to Slack, Discord, email, and webhooks
- Global search across stacks, containers, and services
- 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. The only outbound traffic is license validation against Lemon Squeezy, and only when a paid license key is activated. Community-tier instances make no outbound calls to Sencho-controlled endpoints. Stack metadata, container inventory, and user activity never leave your instance.
Documentation, community, and license
- Documentation: docs.sencho.io
- Community: GitHub Discussions
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Security: SECURITY.md. Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
- License: Business Source License 1.1. Free for most self-hosted production use under the BSL Additional Use Grant; see LICENSE and the license FAQ for exact terms. Converts to Apache 2.0 on 2030-03-25.