* feat: open security basics, manual fleet ops, and basic fleet management to Community
Realign tier guards to the user-stated philosophy: Community covers
deploy/monitor at scale plus security basics, Skipper adds automation
and advanced fleet management, Admiral keeps enterprise control.
Community now includes:
- Trivy install / uninstall / update from the Settings Hub (admin role)
- CVE suppressions CRUD (admin role; replicates fleet-wide)
- Manual image scan with vuln, secret, and misconfig results
- Stack-config scan, scan comparison
- Manual fleet snapshots: create, list, view, restore, delete
- Per-node Sencho self-update (Check Updates + per-node Update)
- Fleet Overview search, sort, filters, node-card expand, auto-refresh
Stays paid:
- Scan policies with block_on_deploy enforcement (Skipper+)
- SBOM (SPDX, CycloneDX), SARIF export (Skipper+)
- Bulk Update All across the fleet (Skipper+)
- Scheduled snapshot create (now Skipper, was Admiral)
- Trivy auto-update toggle, fleet-wide policy push (Admiral)
The Settings -> Security tab is unhidden by setting the registry tier to
null. The SecuritySection no longer early-returns a PaidGate; the policy
list, Add Policy button, and policy dialogs are wrapped in {isPaid && }.
The Fleet view drops isPaid gates on the Snapshots tab, Check Updates
button, per-node update handlers, OverviewToolbar grid controls, the
NodeCard expand affordance, and the auto-refresh notice. The
NodeUpdatesSheet receives a canBulkUpdate prop and gates the Update All
button on it. useFleetUpdateStatus and useFleetPolling drop their isPaid
guards so polling runs for Community; useFleetOverview drops the isPaid
wrap on the filter and sort path.
Backend route guards are flipped per the matrix above. The scheduler
tick and requireScheduledTaskTier add 'snapshot' to the Skipper+ branch.
Backend test assertions are inverted for the now-Community endpoints
and a positive Skipper-snapshot-task test is added.
Documentation across features/, api-reference/, and operations/ is
updated to reflect the new tier mapping.
* feat: add node last-contact tracking, fleet latency, and stack-restart summary
- DatabaseService: add last_successful_contact column to nodes table via
idempotent migration; expose updateNodeLastContact() and getStackRestartSummary()
methods; include the column in NODE_COLUMNS so getNodes/getNode return it
- fleet.ts: record latency_ms and last_successful_contact on each remote
node overview fetch; pilot-agent nodes surface pilot_last_seen instead;
pass db singleton into fetchRemoteNodeOverview to avoid redundant getInstance calls
- dashboard.ts: replace /recent-activity with /stack-restarts endpoint that
groups notification_history events by stack and category (crash/autoheal/manual)
over a configurable window (default 7 days, max 30)
* refactor(dashboard): remove redundant per-route authMiddleware
All routes under /api/ are covered by the global auth gate in app.ts.
The inline authMiddleware arguments on /configuration and /stack-restarts
were redundant with that gate and inconsistent with every other route in
the file. Remove them and drop the now-unused import.
* refactor(backend): consolidate Date.now(), move SQL aggregation, normalize node row mapping
- Capture a single completedAt timestamp in fetchRemoteNodeOverview to
eliminate two separate Date.now() calls and ensure latency_ms and
last_successful_contact are derived from the same instant
- Inline the redundant contactedAt variable; use completedAt directly
- Move stack-restart aggregation from JS into SQL (GROUP BY stack_name
with CASE/SUM counts), replacing the Map loop in the route handler
- Export StackRestartSummary interface from DatabaseService and remove
the duplicate local definition in dashboard.ts; handler now returns
the query result directly
- Add last_successful_contact normalization in decryptNodeRow, mirroring
the existing pilot_last_seen pattern
- Add authGate reliance comment above dashboardRouter route handlers
* feat(dashboard): replace Recent Activity card with context-aware Fleet Heartbeat / Stack Restart Map
- Multi-node installs (≥1 remote node): shows Fleet Heartbeat — real-time
reachability, latency, and container count per registered node
- Local-only installs: shows Stack Restart Map — 7-day restart frequency
per stack grouped by crash / auto-heal / manual category
- Conditional wrapper (DashboardActivityCard) switches states automatically
when the node list changes, with no page reload required
- Deletes RecentActivity card and hook (duplicated data already in Recent Alerts)
- Extracts formatRelativeTime to frontend/src/lib/utils.ts for reuse
* fix(dashboard): add pilot_last_seen to FleetNodeOverview and use it in getLastSeenLabel
* fix(fleet): expose mode and pilot_last_seen in overview, consolidate formatRelativeTime, drop em dash
- Add `mode` and `pilot_last_seen` (in seconds) to the FleetNodeOverview
interface and to both the pilot-agent and HTTP-proxy return paths in
fetchRemoteNodeOverview so the frontend getLastSeenLabel pilot branch
can fire correctly
- Remove the private formatRelativeTime from RecentAlerts.tsx and use
the shared implementation from lib/utils, converting the millisecond
timestamp at the call site
- Replace the em dash in getLatencyLabel with 'n/a' per project rules
Self-hosted Docker Compose management with self-healing infrastructure, atomic deployments, and multi-network fleet control. Built for engineers who want Kubernetes-grade reliability without the complexity.
Why Sencho?
Works across every network
Pilot Agent tunnels through NAT and firewalls so every node in your fleet is reachable from the dashboard, regardless of network topology. No port-forwarding. No VPN. No SSH.
Containers crash. Sencho fixes them.
Auto-heal policies watch your stacks and take action (restart, redeploy, notify) before you even open your laptop. Define the rules once; the recovery runs itself.
Deploy safely without Kubernetes
Atomic deployments mean a failed stack never leaves you in a broken half-up state. Rollback is one click. Deploy enforcement policies block non-compliant images before they ever run.
Define behavior, not procedures
Auto-update policies, scheduled operations, webhooks, and deploy enforcement let you codify how your infrastructure behaves. The UI is for oversight; the engine runs the work.
Features
Stack Management
- Monaco editor with syntax highlighting and multi-file support
- Atomic deployments with live progress tracking and one-click rollback
- Git-sourced stacks: pull and sync from any repository
- Stack file explorer and label management
Monitoring & Observability
- Live log streaming with search and filtering across all containers
- CPU, RAM, and disk threshold alerts with configurable actions
- Container stats, health checks, and image update notifications
- Global observability view across all nodes in your fleet
Fleet Management
- Multi-node via authenticated HTTP/WebSocket proxy (no SSH, no remote socket)
- Fleet view and sync for coordinated updates across nodes
- Pilot Agent for NAT traversal and firewall-crossing connections
- Node compatibility checks before deploying
Automation
- Auto-heal policies: detect and recover from container failures automatically
- Auto-update policies: roll out new image versions on your terms
- Scheduled operations with cron expressions
- Webhooks and deploy enforcement rules
Security
- SSO: custom OIDC (any spec-compliant provider), Google/GitHub/Okta presets, LDAP/Active Directory
- Two-factor authentication and RBAC with deployer, node-admin, and auditor roles
- Audit log, vulnerability scanning with VEX suppression, and private registry support
- Deploy enforcement to block non-compliant images
Operations
- App Store with one-click LinuxServer.io template deployments
- Sencho Cloud Backup for off-site stack archives
- Notification routing to Slack, Discord, email, and webhooks
- Global search across stacks and containers
Architecture
Sencho's architecture combines a Distributed API model with an optional Pilot Agent for complex networks.
- Distributed API: Remote nodes are managed by proxying authenticated HTTP/WebSocket requests to autonomous Sencho instances running on each server. No SSH. No remote Docker socket exposure. No polling agent. Each node speaks the same Sencho API, so the dashboard is just another client.
- Pilot Agent: For nodes behind NAT or strict firewalls, the Pilot Agent establishes secure outbound tunnels to the primary dashboard instance. This guarantees full fleet visibility and management without requiring port-forwarding, VPNs, or inbound network access.
Quick Start
Docker run (quickest):
docker run -d --name sencho \
-p 1852:1852 \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v sencho_data:/app/data \
-e COMPOSE_DIR=/opt/docker \
saelix/sencho:latest
Docker Compose (recommended for production):
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
Then open http://your-server:1852 and create your admin account.
See the full documentation for configuration details, multi-node setup, and more.
Documentation
Development
# Backend (Express + TypeScript)
cd backend && npm install && npm run dev
# Frontend (React + Vite)
cd frontend && npm install && npm run dev
The frontend dev server proxies /api requests to the backend on port 1852.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and PR guidelines.
Security
See SECURITY.md for vulnerability reporting. Do not open public issues for security vulnerabilities.
License
Sencho is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1. Production use is allowed; the only restriction is offering Sencho as a competing hosted or managed service. On 2030-03-25, the license automatically converts to Apache 2.0.

