Docker & Portainer
The Docker widget shows your containers at a glance: a coloured state dot, name, image and status, grouped per environment, with a header pill counting what is running.
It reads containers from one of two sources:
- Docker Desktop (default) — the local engine. Nothing to configure.
- Portainer — for containers on remote hosts, across every environment Portainer manages.
What you’ll need
- Nothing for local Docker Desktop, which is the default.
- For Portainer: the base URL of your Portainer instance, plus an access token — create one under My account → Access tokens.
Pick the source in the widget’s ⚙ panel. A Portainer token is stored in Windows Credential Manager, never in a config file.
Controls
Controls are off by default. Turn Enable controls on in ⚙ to start, stop and restart containers directly from the widget.
Leave it off if the widget is on a screen you share or present from — with controls disabled the widget is strictly read-only.
Display options
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Stopped containers | Show dimmed · Count only · Hide |
| Containers shown at once | 5 · 8 · All |
| Cycle through containers | On/off, with a 3s / 4s / 6s interval |
Cycling is useful when you watch more containers than fit the widget size you’ve chosen.
Full step-by-step guide lands with the public beta.