On August 16, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.41 to the new 1.0.42 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options:

🔔Changelog

New – Optional indentation guides in the compose/YAML editor
New – Support caddy-docker-proxy labels
New – Upload a Docker image .tar through the UI (docker load) for air-gapped hosts
New – Stack secrets from external providers (1Password, HashiCorp Vault, Infisical and Doppler)
Fix: Updating a compose file over the API now saves it, not just deploys it
Fix: Reopening the MFA setup screen while MFA is enabled no longer wipes the secret and backup codes
Fix: Stack deploys no longer leak Dockhand’s own DOCKER_HOST into services
Fix: Container update no longer fails on Podman when CPU limits are set
Fix: Container update no longer fails on Podman for containers using userns_mode: keep-id
Fix: Stack deploy now respects DOCKER_CONFIG when pulling private images
Fix: Start, stop or restart on Hawser updates its files on the remote host, not only on redeploy
Fix: Grouped container logs now show one merged timeline sorted by time
Fix: Multi-arch images no longer show false “update available”

📋Install Dockhand 1.0.42 On Your Synology NAS

🔄How to Update Dockhand to Version 1.0.42 on Synology NAS

📋Install Dockhand 1.0.42 On Your UGREEN NAS

🔄How to Update Dockhand to Version 1.0.42 on UGREEN NAS

📋Install Dockhand 1.0.42 On Your Asustor NAS

🔄How to Update Dockhand to Version 1.0.42 on Asustor NAS

🚀Farewell to 7 Docker Tools: Dockhand Just Killed Them All in One Go

📋Dockhand Tips & Tricks

Give it a STAR⭐on Github

🌟Starring projects like Dockhand on GitHub is a quick way to thank developers for their work. It boosts visibility so more people discover it, attracts contributors, and motivates the team to keep improving it.

What is Dockhand? Dockhand allows you to easily manage your different Docker environments. Dockhand is a modern, self-hosted Docker management platform with an intuitive web interface for homelabs, small businesses, and enterprises. It simplifies container operations, stack deployments, and observability through real-time management (start/stop/restart containers, web terminals, file transfers), a visual Compose editor, GitOps auto-sync, metrics, logs, OIDC/SSO, MFA, vulnerability scans, and multi-host support via the open-source Hawser agent. You can deploy it quickly as a Docker container with no cloud dependencies or telemetry. It’s forever free for personal use.