Haha, don’t worry, brother. I hardly ever get defensive, especially in the virtual world. We’re good.

I did start using Portainer and I’m continuing with it—I like it very much. Most of my apps are isolated in a dedicated LXC. I know it might sound counterproductive or even exaggerated, but I like it that way. I had a basic bash script that would text me whenever a new version of Jellyfin was available so I could check it out and update it. I started wondering how annoying it would be to copy that script for every app… so why not centralize it?

That’s when I thought, “Maybe I could use AI and see if it can build a simple app.” It was more about having fun with the tool and seeing what I could do without knowing much. Besides all the valid technical critiques, I think the end result was pretty decent and cool. It kind of allowed me to create something I could only dream of or go bankrupt paying someone to build. I’m sure there are other applications from more reputable sources that do the same, but I think the feeling of bringing an idea into reality is a really good one. Maybe now I can rethink about how to structure a new project, how to avoid some pitfalls and create something even more useful… or at least create a proof of concept so someone else can do it properly. Let’s keep in touch

Hi comrademiao. I’m certainly not assuming anything. I’m pretty sure there might be other tools out there from reputable companies or devs. I just wanted to have a way to centralize the information about my apps and have a friendly dashboard so I could keep track of what is outdated and get a notification so I could manually update it. I’m not reinventing the wheel nor claiming anything extraordinary, but I thought maybe sharing this initiative with others would be useful somehow and would be a great opportunity to connect with other people.

That looks really interesting. I didn’t know you could do that. I think what tried to do with Vigil, is something simpler more focused on users that are beginners rather than pros. But I appreciate you sharing that

Hi Tiritibambix, that’s genuinely a great advice. I’m kind of new in this tech world, so my apology for not getting things right. I’ve just learned a bunch of things through out the comments and I’m trying to address things the best I can. I’ll make sure to include the “AI code” tag or disclaimer for other projects in the future. I really had no idea that anything generated by AI could bring so many strong and different opinions. But that’s great. Thanks again!

I think I got it what you meant. I’ve only tested it on a LXC that has one application installed on it, like Jellyfin for instance. I need to run a test on a machine with several applications. I also need to test it to see how it behaves with Portainer. Regarding the option of “import YAML” it just works with one file at the time. I think I’d be nice to handle multiple compose files so users could just drop them and have them uploaded.

I think the main difference it’s the simplicity on what is intended to do. Essentially it’s a way to centralize all of your docker images, and give you a quick visual on what is outdated so you can update it yourself.

Hi Dan, Thanks for your feedback. Much appreciated. For the first question, you click on add and past the image you’re currently using on your compose so the app creates a card with the current version. It’s a bit manual and tedious at first, but once it’s done, it’s easier to maintain. I think your idea is great to have the app just ¨find your docker-compose and do the work", but I don’t know how to do it yet. I wanted to test it manually first and see how it’d work out.

Vigil tells you if the newer version of the image is a major change or not. If you set it to update your compose automatically it will notify you and create a log, it something goes wrong you can easily revert it from the dashboard. Did I get your question right? Let me know if you meant something else.

Finally, security is an absolute must! I decided to use 2FA because most people won’t need to expose it to the web.They’ll probably use it on LAN. However, I do have adding OIDC (OpenID Connect) in mind, since many people indeed use Authentik, Authelia (these are the ones I’m familiar with). Since this is the early version, I didn’t want to make things too complex and also, I’m vibecoding it, so I’ll certainly need some experts out there to help me out to implement it correctly and safely.

If you have any question, just let me know and I’ll try my best to answer that.