TrueNAS Apps Watcher

About

If you run a homelab, app updates pile up quietly until you next open the TrueNAS web UI. This app watches the server for you: a NAS-shaped badge in TrueNAS blue shows the number of pending updates, and the popup splits them into catalog version bumps, newer Docker image builds, and — optionally — containers you run outside TrueNAS's apps, checked through Portainer the same way Watchtower does.

“Apply N updates” runs everything server-side, one item at a time with live progress: catalog upgrades through TrueNAS's own job API, image pulls with per-layer progress, and Portainer containers recreated just like its Recreate button. A failure on one item doesn't stop the rest.

Highlights

• Two native clients — a COSMIC panel applet and a macOS menu-bar app with no Dock icon
• Three update sources — TrueNAS catalog bumps, newer image digests, and Portainer-managed containers
• Apply from the popup — server-side upgrades with live per-item progress
• Registry checks — Docker Hub, ghcr.io, lscr.io and other standard registries, anonymously
• Re-checks every 30 minutes, and on demand with a catalog re-sync

git clone https://github.com/davidboulay/TruenasAppsWatcher.git
cd TruenasAppsWatcher && ./install.sh