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When a pilot-agent node was the active node, the UI rendered "does not advertise this capability" across most tabs, a perpetual "Update available" badge, and a Fleet card body with blank CPU/RAM/Disk and "No stacks found". The cause was central-side aggregators in /api/fleet/* and /api/nodes/:id/meta only fanning out to proxy-mode remotes via node.api_url + node.api_token, which are null for pilot-agent. Route every affected aggregator through NodeRegistry.getProxyTarget so the loopback URL backed by the active pilot tunnel is used uniformly: - /api/nodes/:id/meta and /api/fleet/update-status fetch via the new NodeRegistry.fetchMetaForNode helper (resolves the target, delegates to fetchRemoteMeta, returns the shared OFFLINE_META on null). - fetchRemoteNodeOverview, /api/fleet/configuration, /api/fleet/node/:nodeId/stacks, and the stack-containers drilldown fetch through target.apiUrl with conditional Authorization. - fetchRemoteMeta omits the Authorization header when the token is empty (pilot-agent loopback) instead of sending a malformed Bearer string. - Pilot-agent rows preserve pilot_last_seen and mirror it into last_successful_contact so the Fleet "last seen" cell renders the recent tunnel timestamp during a brief reconnect. Pilot-mode capability filter excludes capabilities whose central-pilot path is not yet wired (host-console, self-update). Without this, the Console tab would surface for an Admiral pilot session and click through to central's host because the WS upgrade handler still gates on api_url + api_token. Filtered capabilities are removed at boot via applyPilotModeCapabilityFilter when SENCHO_MODE=pilot. Cache invalidation on tunnel-up: the meta cache for a reconnecting pilot is dropped so the next request rebuilds capabilities and version through the live bridge instead of waiting for the 3-minute TTL. The namespace constant moves to helpers/cacheInvalidation.ts alongside the new invalidateRemoteMetaCache helper. Husky commit-msg hook: add the missing shebang and a .gitattributes rule pinning .husky/* to LF line endings so commits do not fail with "Exec format error" on Windows shells where autocrlf=true converts the hook to CRLF. Tests cover Authorization-header behavior, pilot-mode filter idempotency, fetchMetaForNode dispatch (offline target, pilot-agent loopback, proxy-mode), and the four affected fleet routes for pilot-agent both when the tunnel is up and when it is down.
Self-hosted Docker Compose management for one machine or a fleet.
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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 a transparent HTTPS proxy across your fleet. There is no SSH and no exposed Docker socket. 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.
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
- 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
- Auto-update policies for image rollouts
- Scheduled operations on cron
- Blueprints: declarative fleet templates with drift detection
- Webhooks on stack lifecycle events
- Encrypted Fleet Secrets pushed to labeled nodes
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 admin, editor, and viewer roles
- Vulnerability scanning via Trivy with VEX-based suppression and SARIF export
- Private registries and deploy enforcement for non-compliant images
- API tokens for automation
Operations
- Host console in the browser
- Sencho Cloud Backup for off-site stack archives
- 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
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 \
-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 HTTPS and WebSocket requests to the remote instance. No SSH, no exposed Docker socket, no agent process on the remote. 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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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 production use; the only restriction is offering Sencho as a competing hosted or managed service. Converts to Apache 2.0 on 2030-03-25.