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Development workspace

DevDock

Open your project. Run your commands. Keep development moving.

Complete manual
Start here · 14 min read

Getting started with DevDock

Build a dependable DevDock workspace: register a project, verify detection, run commands safely, and create a daily workflow you can return to.

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Project setup · 16 min read

Technology detection and repository extensions

Understand DevDock's non-executing detection model, interpret health results, and add safe repository-owned commands with a small manifest.

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Integrations · 15 min read

Docker and Compose workflows

Connect Compose discovery, runtime health, host-versus-container execution, and safe daily environments into one repeatable DevDock workflow.

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Database · 18 min read

Database tools, schema inspection, and backups

Use DevDock with SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and detected Laravel databases for safe lookups, schema review, diagnostics, exports, and confirmed restores.

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Security · 17 min read

Local project security audits and dependency checks

Run DevDock's read-only local security audit, understand each finding, complement it with ecosystem advisory scanners, and respond without exposing secrets.

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Daily use · 14 min read

Commands, workflows, and run history

Create dependable project commands, choose safe execution targets, manage long-running work, and use history to diagnose failed runs.

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Organization · 12 min read

Organize multi-folder and multi-repository projects

With Pro, represent a complete product without forcing its API, web client, mobile app, and infrastructure into one repository.

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Troubleshooting · 15 min read

Project health and troubleshooting

Interpret health warnings, separate setup problems from command failures, and recover a workspace without resorting to broad destructive cleanup.

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Privacy & data · 12 min read

Privacy, secrets, and local data

Understand what DevDock reads, what it stores, how secret task values are protected, and what happens when projects or history are removed.

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Store asset editor

Screen Studio Kit

Design app screenshots that explain what your app does.

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Comparison and merge tool

Diff Anything

Find the changes that matter in your code, files, and folders.

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On-device mobile app testing

TestDock

Check your mobile app’s links and test flows on a real device.

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