5.2.13 - Next generation

Changelog

Most important additions are

• Update of the public website with tutorials and guides for provisioning and different configurations.
• Usage of SSH relay on Windows with WSL / SSH remote connections so that security is improved and there is no need to expose TCP exposed services. This relies on a wrapper of https://github.com/containers/gvisor-tap-vsock from podman team itself. It supports both podman and docker engines, which is amazing. I am not a golang expert at all, but was qvasi easy to setup. I hope one day Windows programs are able to directly connect to unix sockets of WSL 2 (only WSL 1 is supported) so that the relay is not needed at all. When using WSL - the relay programs will be copied in the distribution container-desktop XDG_DATA directory, there is no way without them unless exposing security risks.

Added

• Connection info screen - exemplify how to connect from code and with cli tools
• WSL: Relay method using custom ssh client + custom ssh server and windows named pipes
• WSL: All relay binaries and build scripts

Changed

• Improved the way volume mounts are displayed
• Improved layers display (use div instead of a textarea)
• Default monospace font is now Consolas, "SF Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Droid Sans Mono", "Ubuntu Mono", "Roboto Mono", "Fira Code", monospace, "Powerline Extra Symbols"
• Improved environment variables display(Container Inspect)
• Windows is now using only named pipes for remote and WSL connections instead of TCP
• Linux and MacOS use relayed unix sockets instead of TCP
• Reduced default timeouts to 3 seconds
• Improve logging
• Improve spawned processes killing

Fixed

• UI launched defined port mappings not working with docker container engine
• Avoid reading container processes if container is not running
• WSL - Support for multiple distributions even with automatic connections
• Flatpak - Unable to set icon and connect properly
• Linux - Proper icons and logos in all cases for all packages

5.2.4

Changelog

Fixed

• WSL - Support for multiple distributions even with automatic connections
• Flatpak - Unable to set icon and connect properly
• Linux - Proper icons and logos in all cases for all packages
• Window Close issues

Changed

• Reduced timeouts to fail faster
• Improved flatpak build process to be able to publish to flathub
• Updated deps

5.2.3

5.2.3 - 2024-09-20

Changed

• Completed rebranding - added container-desktop.com support
• Added separate UI and latest version checking API endpoint for supporting Microsoft Store for Windows as updates need approval
• Only build appx target by default in releases
• Podman machine info respects the cli
• Moved container stats to container actions menu to favor Processes
• Container pages auto-refresh on container start / stop / pause / restart
• Container playback actions differentiation
• Upgraded deps

Added

• Issue #159: Ability to create and start multiple containers from the same image
• Processes top list page for a container
• Reload button for all container screens

Fixed

• Docker engine discovery - now it is supposed to support any docker engine in existence using auto-detection (podman impersonating as docker is recognized on purpose as docker just like any other client that uses podman docker compatibility layer)
• Tray icon for mac is now theme aware and has proper size

5.2.2-rc.7

Changes

• Rebranding to container-desktop from podman-desktop-companion

# 5.2.2-rc.6

Changelog

Fixed

• Theme switch on connect
• Startup/Shutdown of managed hosts
• Env sourcing
• Starting containers with volumes and exposed ports
• Open in browser when applicable
• Icons generator

Added

• Proper privacy policy page
• Graphics generator
• Self-sign test task

Changed

• Upgraded deps
• Home page podman desktop note and redirect to avoid users getting wrong message
• Home page license and privacy notes

Removed

• System tray screenshots as they were inaccurate

5.2.2-rc.5 - Prevent scope stop

Changelog

Fixed

• Terminate WSL distributions only if started by pdc
• Stop LIMA instances only if started by pdc

Added

• Icons for Windows Store

Changed

• Privacy policy to be readable

5.2.2-rc.4 - Automatic connections

Changes

Fixed

• Properly close connections
• Auto-mode supported for all connection types
• Bug with podman not being able to create the basedir of the listening socket on WSL
• Mode change disabled while pending operation
• Registry search behavior for docker
• NSIS installer icon
• Visual bugs

Added

• Detect button for relay endpoint

Changed

• Display version only when connected
• Export connections with version specifier
• Connection pending indicator moved to bottom of the form
• Refactor all needed to respect containers domain
• Upgraded deps

Removed

• Unused dependencies

5.2.2-rc.3 - Fix connection defaults

Changes

Added

• Application startup visual log
• Flexible connection management method and UI
• Support for custom WSL distributions
• Support for custom LIMA instances
• Support for remote SSH connection using .ssh/config like VS Code extension
• Ability to export / import connections
• Ability to automatically detect installed packages
• Enabled latest version check
• Latest version publishing to static website
• Footer mentioning current connection and engine version
• No results non-ideal state for all list screens
• Manual reload/refresh button for all list screens

Changed

• Connection management
• Container inline player actions for stop/start/pause/restart
• Single file javascript bundling using ncc to eliminate need to distribute node_modules in asar package
• Tray icon with duo-tone

Fixed

• Connection defaults to first available podman (virtualized or native) at first start
• Container pause/unpause actions
• Ability to set default connection was broken
• Automatic detections
• System clean/prune
• Factory reset
• Errors properly displaying
• Various visual issues

Removed

• Logging to file-system
• All electron languages besides en-US to reduce payload size

Screenshots

5.2.2-rc.2 - Minor patch

Changes

Fixed

• Container pause/unpause actions

5.2.2-rc.1 - Advanced connection management

Changes

Added

• Application startup visual log
• Flexible connection management method and UI
• Support for custom WSL distributions
• Support for custom LIMA instances
• Support for remote SSH connection using .ssh/config like VS Code extension
• Ability to export / import connections
• Ability to automatically detect installed packages
• Enabled latest version check
• Latest version publishing to static website
• Footer mentioning current connection and engine version
• No results non-ideal state for all list screens
• Manual reload/refresh button for all list screens

Changed

• Connection management
• Container inline player actions for stop/start/pause/restart
• Single file javascript bundling using ncc to eliminate need to distribute node_modules in asar package
• Tray icon with duo-tone

Fixed

• Automatic detections
• System clean/prune
• Factory reset
• Errors properly displaying
• Various visual issues

Removed

• Logging to file-system
• All electron languages besides en-US to reduce payload size