Show HN: OS X menu bar app for managing your boot2docker VM (opens in new tab)

Thanks, I'm always wondering if boot2docker is running, this is great to have at a glance.

However, I think the click action is mystery meat. I expect when I click a menu bar item that I get a menu showing more details and actions. The way it works now, one click kills my VM, which is not a great UX for something between a bunch of other status icons.

Also,

> Just click the whale, and you're off to the races.

doesn't really communicate what happens.

I think I have an older version of boot2docker installed or it's in some sort of weird state, because it goes to loading then crashed.

Either way this is very helpful, always hated having that thing running when I did not need it.

EDIT: I know this guy IRL.

The icons are poorly designed, in my opinion - its very difficult to tell what exactly is happening by the icon. On my Mac, I have my Finder color set to black, and the little whale icon is completely indistinguishable. It looks like white-noise. So, some feedback: add some color to the GUI, like "RED = stopped, GREEN = running, AMBER = changing state" perhaps ..

For some reason i am still on OS X 10.9.5. It requires OS X 10.10 or later. Any chance to support OS X 10.9.x ?

Nice, I was looking for something like this the other day.

hi nickgartmann, thanks for sharing this. Is there is chance that this feature is merged into boot2docker mac installer?