On August 25, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.43 to the new 1.0.44 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options:
New – Generate a compose file from any container – save as new or append to existing stack
New – MQTT notification channel – publish events to a broker
New – TLS backup repositories with a private CA and optional mutual TLS
New – Custom stack and container icons, plus automatic container icons
New – Azure Key Vault as a secret provider (bulk pull or inline azurekv:// references)
New – Proton Pass inline references accept vault and item names, not just ids (pass://vault/item/field)
New – Branch selector on git stack, with per-stack branch override
New – Click the update icon in the image column to update a container
New – Pushover notifications can target specific devices
New – Keep specific images from being pruned with a dockhand.prune=false label
Fix: Infisical secret references now resolve to their value instead of the raw reference
Fix: The version-update dialog no longer duplicates the old tag when the running image is digest-pinned
Fix: A compose stack with a restarting container now shows a Stop action instead of Start
Fix: Optimize 1Password API calls on deploy
Fix: Direct-remote staging pulls the alpine helper image instead of failing when it’s missing
Fix: Proton Pass secrets now resolve on headless hosts with no system keyring
Fix: Fix switching an Infisical provider back to a static token
Fix: Fix backpressure in Docker streaming responses
Fix: Sort IPv6 subnets and addresses numerically instead of randomly
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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 Tuesday / August 25th, 2026 at 3:41 PM