* fix(stacks): close dialog and toast on Empty create (F-2)
The Empty branch of the Create Stack dialog left no visual confirmation
on a successful POST: no success toast, no busy state on the Create
button, and no double-click guard. The first thing a new operator does
is create a stack, so a click that looks like a no-op is the day-one
impression killer.
What changed
- Empty handler now mirrors the Git and docker-run patterns: a
creatingEmpty busy guard, Loader2 spinner on the Create button,
disabled Cancel mid-flight, and a "Stack <name> created." success
toast fired synchronously before the editor-load handoff.
- The Empty panel is wrapped in a form so the Enter key submits the
same path as clicking Create.
- Mapped 403 to a clearer permission message; fall back to the
backend's error string for other non-OK statuses.
- Capture the active node id at handler entry and pass it through
onStackCreated. The parent compares against the live node ref and
skips the editor load if the user switched nodes mid-create, with
an info toast pointing at the prior node.
- Tightened the create-a-new-stack E2E (no more silent .catch on the
dialog-close assertion, asserts the toast, no longer relies on a
page reload to see the sidebar entry) and added a regression spec
that the busy guard collapses double-clicks into a single POST.
* fix(stacks): close double-click race in create handler (F-2)
The setState-based busy guard could race a second click that landed
before React committed the disabled state, so two POSTs got dispatched
when a user double-clicked Create. The new useRef-based check is
read and written synchronously inside the handler so a re-entrant
invocation bails before issuing a second fetch.
The accompanying E2E (`create dialog: double-clicking Create fires
only one POST`) was also hanging to its 30s test timeout: the second
click's locator resolution could outlive the dialog when the first
POST resolved quickly, so Playwright waited for `[role="dialog"]` to
reappear. Both clicks now fire in the same microtask via Promise.all
with a 1s timeout on the second click so the locator-resolution path
fails fast instead of hanging the test.
* fix(stacks): keep busy guard active across modal close (F-2)
Two issues from independent review.
1. Important: resetting creatingEmpty / creatingEmptyRef inside the modal
close handler created an Escape/backdrop race. A user could close the
dialog mid-flight (clearing both flags), reopen, click Create again,
and slip past the guard before the first POST settled. The finally
block already owns that lifecycle, so the close handler no longer
touches either flag.
2. Nit: bring 403 messaging to parity with the Git branch. The Empty
handler now reads the backend's error field first and falls back to
the original hardcoded copy if it is missing, mirroring how
handleCreateStackFromGit surfaces backend permission errors.
* test(stacks): rebuild double-click spec around observable disabled-state (F-2)
The Promise.all racing approach to "double-click fires only one POST"
hung to the 30s test timeout on CI. The page snapshot at timeout confirms
the product fix works correctly (dialog closed, stack created, editor
navigated); the test itself was the flake. Race-based assertions on a
single React-state commit boundary are inherently timing-sensitive.
The rewrite turns the test inside-out:
- The route handler holds POST responses for 400ms so the in-flight
window is large enough to observe deterministically.
- await route.continue() (instead of void fire-and-forget) closes a
subtle stall pattern Playwright's docs flag under load.
- After the first click the test asserts the button reaches a disabled
state within the in-flight window, which proves the busy guard
activated at the React-state layer.
- A best-effort force-click against the now-disabled button exercises
the user-mash path; the synchronous useRef guard inside the handler
catches it whether or not the browser dispatches the click.
- expect(postCount).toBe(1) still owns the actual regression assertion.
No product code change. The synchronous creatingEmptyRef guard already
landed in 61e79861.
Self-hosted Docker Compose management for one machine or a fleet.
Docs · Website · Discussions · Sponsor
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.
Screenshots
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
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.



