SwiftServer 2.1.0: Windows Monitoring, Mosh, and a Rebuilt Docker Panel

SwiftServer 2.1.0 is out now, and it's a bigger release than the version number suggests. Alongside a long list of stability and performance work, it adds monitoring for Windows servers, Mosh as a terminal transport, and a Docker panel that's been rebuilt from the ground up.

Monitor Windows Servers, Not Just Linux

SwiftServer has always assumed the machine on the other end speaks like Linux or macOS, so pointing it at a Windows server didn't work. That changes in 2.1.0.

Point SwiftServer at a Windows host now and you get the same live dashboard as any other machine: CPU, memory, disk, and network usage, the running process list, and GPU stats when an NVIDIA card is present. Panels that don't apply to Windows, like load average and vnStat, are hidden automatically instead of sitting there empty; Docker and per-core temperature readings aren't available on Windows hosts yet.

Mosh, for Connections That Shouldn't Drop

This release adds Mosh as a terminal transport you can choose per machine, alongside plain SSH. Mosh keeps a session alive through Wi-Fi handoffs, sleep, and IP changes, so switching networks mid-session no longer means reconnecting and losing your scrollback.

Connecting is also more honest about what's actually happening: SwiftServer now waits for real confirmation from the server before calling a connection successful, so a blocked connection shows a clear error instead of a terminal that looks connected but never responds. Session history and the Dock also keep track of whether a session used SSH or Mosh, so switching between the two stays predictable.

A Rebuilt Docker Panel

The Docker panel has been rebuilt from the inside out this release. You won't see the plumbing, but you'll feel the result: real, live data instead of stale snapshots, fewer failed connections, and a panel that's noticeably more capable than the version before it.

The Overview tab is genuinely new: instead of a list of labeled rows, you get container and image counts as headline numbers, a breakdown of disk usage with reclaimable space called out, your top CPU and memory consumers, and any unhealthy containers or daemon warnings, all at a glance. Containers, Compose projects, images, volumes, networks, and a live event timeline each get their own dedicated view, with real per-container stats and charts instead of a snapshot that's already stale by the time you look at it. Connecting is more transparent too, walking through clear steps instead of leaving a tab sitting blank or half-loaded.

Everything Else Worth Knowing

A handful of smaller changes round out the release:

• Global view. Servers on the map now show a flag, name, and latency reading anchored precisely to their coordinates, with a status pulse in real time. You can also export the current view as a PNG, in light or dark, to save or share a snapshot of your fleet.
• Port forwarding suggestions. The terminal can now notice when its output mentions a local address — a dev server printing localhost:3000, for instance — and offer to forward that port on the spot. A new toggle in Terminal settings lets you turn the suggestion on or off.
• Standalone terminal windows on macOS. Pop a session out into its own window from the window menu, the toolbar, or a right-click, and it keeps running even after you close SwiftServer's main window.
• IPv6 and dual-stack IP info. IP location lookups now work over IPv6. Servers with both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address get a picker to switch between them, instead of only ever showing the IPv4 side.

Faster and Steadier

A good part of this release is work you won't see directly. Opening a server's detail view is noticeably snappier, and live monitoring updates now refresh smoothly, without the stutter, flicker, or lost scroll position that could creep in before.

We also closed out a batch of connection and sync issues — a reconnect bug that could leave an old connection running in the background, a keychain sync setting that wasn't always respected, a map view that could get stuck redrawing during navigation, and a few others like it.

SwiftServer 2.1.0 is available now on the App Store. Questions, feedback, or something not behaving the way it should? Reach out anytime: [email protected]