github iongion/container-desktop 4.1.0-rc.1
Next generation connection engines

latest releases: 5.2.15, 5.2.14, 5.2.13...
pre-release4 years ago

This release introduces multi-engine support with parity where it is possible, plus many other improvements and bugs fixed.

  • Engine switching between podman and docker (docker only in what it can have parity with podman and commonly used features only for now)
  • Ability to start LIMA instances automatically for both podman and docker
  • Ability to user other LIMA instances of choice (one has to manually set paths to programs or use the finders in the UI)
  • Ability to use custom WSL distributions for both podman and docker
  • Ability to save user preferences, upon detection, they will override defaults
  • New section for "Pods"
  • Open terminal now works for Windows - requires Windows Terminal not the ancient shell

Added

  • Added view kube yaml for pod
  • Added view kube yaml for container
  • Pods section processes
  • Pods section list
  • Pods section inspect
  • Multiple container engine support
  • Docker engine support
  • Podman and Docker support for operating modes
  • Adaptive color scheme to dissociate between engines (original for podman and blue for docker)
  • Ability to customize path to podman / docker and their connection strings
  • Ability to test custom configuration
  • Ability to save customization and restore defaults
  • Ability to detect what is currently available
  • Full support for custom LIMA instance and WSL distributions for both engines - WSL distributions requires socat (apt-get install socat) to perform relaying to the windows pipe that the electron app uses (ugly but it works)
  • 45: Added support for Windows Terminal as tool for "Open terminal" functionality
  • Ability to dissociated between container states using colors
  • Refactored the entire application to support any container engine easily

Changed

  • Improved error messages everywhere
  • Changed configuration and logging location, less screen vertical real-estate used

Fixed

  • 56: Podman machine startup / shutdown

Podman engine is the driving force

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Docker engine - applied multi-engine support

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Kube generation

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New Pods section - (alpha quality)

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Pods processes

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Pods inspect

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Kube generation

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Notes

All connectors now work, except Remote - still trying to figure how to handle those and if they make sense there.

Easier to realise stopped containers when the list gets large

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