This document lists the high-level Rancher Desktop features and their current status.
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| ✔️ | released |
| 📆 | targeted for the next or the later milestone release |
| 🌞 | not planned yet, but considering for a future release |
Note:
- Items under the next milestone are targeted for the upcoming monthly release, which usually happens on the 4th Wednesday of the month.
- Items under the later milestone and any spillover items from the next milestone are targeted for the release after.
- Items under the next and later milestones might change based on user feedback, technical challenges, etc.
✔️ Win 10/11
✔️ Mac (Intel)
✔️ Mac M1 (apple silicon)
✔️ Linux
🌞 Linux AArch64
🌞 Windows on AArch64
🌞 Windows Containers
✔️ Multiple CR support (containerd, dockerd)
✔️ CLI
✔️ Swarm
✔️ Compose
✔️ Docker-only
✔️ K3s bundled
✔️ Multiple versions support
✔️ Helm
🌞 Kubectx
🌞 kwctl
✔️ Build, Push, Pull & Scan images
📆 Registry Configuration
🌞 Registry Access Control
✔️ Simple VPN
📆 Restricted VPN (Ex: Cisco AnyConnect)
🌞 GPU
🌞 USB
✔️ System resource allocation
🌞 Pause app to save power
✔️ Signed builds
🌞 SBOM generation for images
🌞 Image Signing
🌞 Attain SLSA Level
✔️ View logs
✔️ Partial Reset
✔️ Factory Reset
✔️ View Containers
✔️ View Images
✔️ Port forwarding
✔️ Auto updates
✔️ Cluster exploration - Rancher Dashboard (Preview)
🌞 Container Exploration
🌞 Configuration settings
🌞 Start/Stop/Pause Containers
🌞 Silent (No-GUI) Install
🌞 CLI/Headless mode
📆 Offline (air gap) mode
✔️ Rancher Desktop CLI aka rdctl (Preview)
✔️ VS Code extension (With dockerd(moby))
🌞 Visual Studio IDE (Needs Validation)
🌞 Eclipse (Needs Validation)
✔️ k3s
📆 Rancher Dashboard
🌞 Epinio
🌞 NeuVector
🌞 Marketplace
🌞 Kubewarden
✔️ Open source
✔️ Public roadmap