Cloudron Portal Alt.Manager

[timconsidine]

The Cloudron portal web UI is great ... except for when you need to switch rapidly between multiple apps to open terminals and file folders (largely due to My Apps list persistence issues).

So I made an alternative for personal use, scratching my itch, which might be of interest to others :

• local cross-platform Tauri/Rust app (Mac silicon .dmg available, Windows exe needs building, instructions in repo)
• authenticates with Cloudron standard login
• apps list always available in sidebar (quick access icons for app dashboard, terminal, file manager and launch)
• quick access tabbed views
• minimal clicking

sorry for heavy redaction but you get the idea

Repo at https://forgejo.tcjc.uk/cca/cloudron-portal-manager

[girish]

Nice Did you need any additional APIs ? Happy to add any if you need them.

[timconsidine]

@girish no extra api needed.

In fact, possibly not enough used, and architecture needs review.
It's currently all browser tabs apart from the apps list, which is an api call.
I did it that way so apps could be launched in tabs inheriting the browser credentials.
But actually maybe I should have done it with more use of api calls.

Especially as I am struggling to build the Windows version with this approach (not a Windows user), so some review of approach may be needed.

Might have to treat this as PoC and implement in a slicker manner.

Selfishly my itch is scratched for Mac, as it's quite fast, and separated out from other browsing.
But I simply will not have Windows defeat me so I will look at re-working the approach.

[micmc]

@timconsidine WOW that's very cool mate. Kudos !

[timconsidine]

@micmc thank you
Windows build now fixed and shortly to be added to repo as installable file.
Easier for people to try out.

[timconsidine]

Mac and Windows binaries now in releases if you want to try w/o cloning and building.

https://forgejo.tcjc.uk/cca/cloudron-portal-manager/releases