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What this PR does

Adds a "Community tools" section to the Civo tools overview that introduces CivoCloudManager, a community-built native macOS client for the Civo Cloud platform.

Why

The current tools-overview page lists the Civo CLI and Terraform — both maintained by Civo. There is also a community-built GUI surface that fills a gap a CLI cannot: live Kubernetes pod logs, native S3 browser, menu-bar firewall toggling without an MFA loop. Mentioning it on the tools-overview page gives Mac-using Civo customers a discoverable native option without having to leave the docs.

What is CivoCloudManager

A native macOS app distributed via the Mac App Store. Built independently of Civo Ltd.

It talks to the documented Civo REST API v2 only — no proprietary backend in the loop, no telemetry, no analytics. Apple frameworks only (SwiftUI, CryptoKit, Security, LocalAuthentication).

Notable features:

  • Menu-bar firewall (free tier): one-click open/close scoped to current IP, IP presets, auto-close timer.
  • Full Kubernetes management with direct K8s API access (PKCS#12 mTLS, no kubectl).
  • Live pod logs, pod exec, deployment scaling, ConfigMap/Secret viewer.
  • S3-compatible Object Storage browser implemented natively (AWS SigV4 via CryptoKit, no AWS SDK).
  • Object Store Pause/Resume — archive idle stores to a vault to save costs.
  • Cost dashboard from the Civo charges API with month-end projection.
  • Touch-ID-gated credential reveal.

Disclosure

I am the author of CivoCloudManager. Happy to adjust the wording, move the section, shorten the entry, or split it into a dedicated "Community tools" sub-page — whatever fits your editorial preferences. If the addition is unwanted, I'll close the PR with no hard feelings.

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Pull request overview

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Adds a “Community tools” section to the tools overview docs to highlight third‑party tooling beyond the official Civo CLI and Terraform provider.

Changes:

  • Introduces a new “Community tools” section in the tools overview.
  • Documents the CivoCloudManager macOS app with links to website, source, and App Store listing.

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### CivoCloudManager (macOS)

[CivoCloudManager](https://civo-cloud-manager.app) is a native macOS application that runs the Civo Cloud control plane from the Mac menu bar and a full dashboard window. It talks to the [Civo REST API v2](https://www.civo.com/api) directly, connects to the Kubernetes API per cluster using PKCS#12 client certificates (no kubectl required), and ships a native S3-compatible browser for Civo Object Storage.
- Website: [civo-cloud-manager.app](https://civo-cloud-manager.app)
- Source: [github.com/marcelrgberger/civo-cloud-manager](https://github.com/marcelrgberger/civo-cloud-manager)
- Mac App Store: [apps.apple.com/app/civocloudmanager/id6760776010](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/civocloudmanager/id6760776010?mt=12)
- Free tier covers menu-bar firewall management; the full dashboard is a one-time $14.99 purchase.
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