What's new in Dockev.

Images and volumes get a real workbench in this release. Volumes are now browsable from inside the app, images expose their raw layers and baked-in environment variables, and a new view toggle lets you flip any resource list between a dense table and the familiar split detail-pane, with your preference remembered per screen. The rest of the app catches up with a refreshed engines screen and bottom bar, liquid-glass styling and an adjustable density setting, new layout and font preferences, sortable and virtualized container lists, plus a smoother auto-updater and an in-app feedback dialog when something doesn't feel right.

View modes

• Switch between table and detail view — a new view toggle lets you flip any resource list between a dense table view and the split detail-pane layout, and your choice is remembered per screen.

Images

• Raw layers view — inspect each layer of an image directly from the image detail screen.
• Env tab — see the environment variables baked into an image.
• Fixed action button behavior on image detail.

Volumes

• File browser — open any volume and explore its contents from the volume detail screen.
• File tree settings — configure how the file tree is displayed.
• Browse-source picker now correctly defaults to selecting a folder.

UI & UX

• Redesigned bottom bar and dialogs.
• New theme pass plus liquid-glass styling and an adjustable density setting.
• Layout and font preferences in settings.
• Column-header sort on the containers list.
• Virtualized list tables for large resource counts.
• Cleaner sidebar icons; the right-side two-column detail layout has been removed.
• Syntax Highlighting on code view (#7)
• Open the folder for Browse Files when the volume mounted is folder (#3)

Auto-updater & feedback

• Redesigned in-app updater dialog with progress feedback.
• Submit feedback without leaving the app.

Performance & reliability

• Faster live container stats with reduced IPC traffic.
• Fixed stats aggregator leaks and virtualized scroll height issues.
• Faster diff rendering on large payloads.
• Routes no longer get stuck after switching engines.
• Terminal clears on engine disconnect.

Fixes

• Compose start, container creation, and operation timeouts.
• Files view and logs folder rendering.
• Title separator and image-detail action button states.
• Fresh-install flow and Windows-specific issues.

This release brings a new Command Bar, Arrow Navigation, Docker Compose Preview, Docker Hub browsing, a refreshed title bar layout, and significantly upgraded Windows/WSL support — along with several compose fixes and a lighter API footprint across the board.

New Features

Command Bar Jump to anything — containers, images, volumes, networks, or settings — from a single keyboard-driven command bar.

Docker Compose Preview See what compose up will actually do before you run it. Know up front which containers will start fresh and which will be recreated.

Docker Hub Integration Browse the Docker Hub image catalog and pull images directly from Dockev, without leaving the app.

Arrow Navigation Move back and forward between screens with arrow keys, so retracing your steps feels as natural as browsing the web.

Remote Docker Engine

• Fixed docker compose up and docker compose down not executing correctly on remote engines.
• Fixed an issue where compose files and the dependency graph failed to load.

Windows & WSL

• Dockev now auto-detects all installed WSL distributions the first time you launch the app.
• WSL distributions are automatically woken up when Dockev connects to a Docker engine running inside them — no more manual wsl commands.
• When connecting to Docker Desktop with WSL integration enabled, Dockev now surfaces the active WSL distro so you can tell at a glance which environment you're working in.
• Fixed docker compose up and docker compose down failing to run when targeting a Docker engine inside WSL.

Layout Refresh

• The engine switcher has moved to the title bar, matching the new layout direction.
• The command bar is now accessible from the title bar for faster reach.

Improvements

• Reduced the number of API calls made against the Docker engine, resulting in a lighter footprint and snappier UI updates.

This release brings better Windows support — Dockev now works with Docker across multiple WSL distros, and Compose actions no longer break on Windows. The Compose tab also gets a visual refresh, plus a new Connectivity section to show how Dockev talks to your engine, a faster Volume tab, and a handful of smaller tweaks.

New Features

• Check for updates
• Connectivity section in engine details to show how Dockev connects
• Support for Docker on multiple WSL distros
• Down action added to Compose controls

Improvements

• Redesigned Network tab in Compose
• Redesigned Compose Logs tab
• Header detail actions collapse on smaller windows

Bug Fixes

• Compose actions now work on Windows
• Volume tab no longer slow to load

The first public release of Dockev, a beautiful desktop client for managing Docker containers, images, volumes, and networks.

Highlights

• Cross-platform support for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Linux (x86_64 & ARM), and Windows
• macOS builds are code-signed and notarized by Apple

Container Management

• Full lifecycle control — start, stop, restart, pause, kill, and delete
• Real-time log streaming with tail control
• Built-in terminal with multi-tab shell sessions
• File browser — navigate, upload, and download files inside containers
• Live stats — CPU, memory, network I/O, and block I/O
• Inspect environment variables, volumes, network endpoints, running processes, and filesystem diffs
• Snapshots — capture and restore container state with volume backups
• Port conflict detection with one-click resolution

Docker Compose

• Automatic project grouping from container metadata
• Compose actions — up, start, stop, down, restart, kill, pause/unpause
• Real-time compose logs
• Interactive dependency graph visualization
• Compose file viewer

Image Management

• Pull images with real-time layer-by-layer progress
• Build from Dockerfile, import/export tar files
• Tag, retag, duplicate, and delete images
• Browse image filesystem and layer history

Volume & Network Management

• Create, delete, and prune volumes and networks
• Custom network creation with driver, subnet, gateway, and IPv6
• Volume snapshots

Multi-Engine Support

• Docker Desktop, Docker Engine, Colima, OrbStack, Podman, Rancher Desktop
• Remote engines via SSH (password, private key, or agent auth)
• Auto-detect local engines, instant switching between connections

Customization

• Light and dark themes with system sync
• Multiple color schemes
• Adjustable border radius, font size, and compact display modes
• Independent terminal theme and font settings