I did run docker, specifically the portainer interface, not just the docker itself. While it’s nice and easy to use, I felt like docker obscures things behind some abstractions, for example my native services store data simply as directories and files somewhere under /srv, while docker containers keep data somewhere in docker’s directory as some storage objects with randomly generated names.

I also completely lost control of my firewall, for example if I can just run iptables and see exactly which ports do what, I can easily read and understand line by line each firewall rule, when I use docker containers it’s all some gibberish to me, ports get opened and closed and mapped to container ports (I guess) without me ever touching iptables, and I have no idea what is happening with my server anymore.

So yes, I tried portainer and dropped it, if you do native packages and an android app in f-droid, let me know, I really like your project so far. I can even stand the docker thingy, but we need an android app with proper sync and caching, because not everyone has internet connection 24/7. We may want to run an app, sync with backend, then add entries during a flight. Browser won’t solve this.