
On August 20, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.42 to the new 1.0.43 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options:
New – Compose validate – a preflight linter & validator for compose files
New – Bitwarden Secrets Manager as a secret provider via an operator-installed bws client
New – Proton Pass as a secret provider via an operator-installed pass-cli client
New – Infisical: Universal Auth (Machine Identity) as well as a static token
New – Detect newer version tags for pinned images and show them as a badge with release notes
New – OpenAPI spec at /api/docs with a Scalar viewer, opt-in via FEAT_API_DOCS
New – Zabbix notification channel via the history.push API
Fix: Registry auth survives an http to https token realm redirect behind a TLS proxy
Fix: Security: update Go to 1.25.13 (8 HIGH stdlib CVEs) and update docker-compose to 5.5.0
Fix: Concurrent git syncs sharing an SSH credential no longer fail on a missing temp key
Fix: Backup notifications show a real title and message instead of “undefined”
Fix: Git stacks accept a compose/env path with a leading slash
Fix: Container update notifications now fire properly
Fix: Infisical: the project ID is optional when using a service token – it’s taken from the token
Fix: API: adopting a stack rejects a compose path not on Dockhand’s filesystem
Fix: API: validating a stack’s env vars no longer drops the environment id
Fix: Editing a secret provider no longer wipes its stored token

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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.

This post was updated on Friday / August 21st, 2026 at 12:12 AM