Why We Built This​

Watchtower is great for simple setups. But when you have multiple Docker hosts, need rollback capability, or want to see what changed before updating — it falls short.

WatchWarden fills that gap:

• Blue-green deployments — start the new container, verify health, then stop the old one
• Snapshot rollbacks — every update saves the full container config for instant revert
• Crash-loop detection — automatically rolls back containers stuck in restart loops
• Multi-host dashboard — manage all your Docker hosts from a single UI
• Solo Mode — drop-in Watchtower replacement when you don't need the full stack

Two Ways to Run​

Solo Mode — one container, zero dependencies:

docker run -d \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -e WW_SCHEDULE="@every 6h" \
  -e WW_AUTO_UPDATE=true \
  ghcr.io/watchwarden-labs/watchwarden-agent:latest

Managed Mode — controller + agents + dashboard:

docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up -d

What's Next​

• Private registry support with encrypted credential storage
• Vulnerability scanning via Trivy
• Update policies per container group
• Scheduled maintenance windows

Check out the Getting Started guide to try it out.