Feature: automatic per-container domain names (OrbStack-style `*.local` zero-config access)
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## Problem
When running multiple projects/branches in parallel (e.g. git worktrees), host port collisions force manual port juggling (`3000`, `3001`, `3002`…), and it quickly becomes unclear which port maps to which project.
OrbStack solves this elegantly: every container automatically gets a hostname like `.orb.local` (and `..orb.local` for Compose), reachable from the host browser with **no port mapping and automatic HTTPS**. This is one of the main reasons people stay on the proprietary, commercial-licensed OrbStack instead of Colima.
Colima is uniquely positioned to offer this on the OSS side because it already owns the pieces: the internal `dnsmasq` resolver (#1381), Lima's `hostResolver`, and the Docker context/socket.
## Proposal
Add an opt-in feature (e.g. `colima start --domains` / config `autoDomains: true`) that:
1. **Watches the container runtime** (`docker events` / containerd) for start/stop.
2. **Registers DNS records dynamically** in the existing internal dnsmasq: `.colima.local` -> container IP (Compose: `..colima.local`). Records are released on stop.
3. **Runs a lightweight reverse proxy** (Caddy/Traefik-style) so that `http(s)://.colima.local` reaches the container's exposed port **without host port publishing**, with an internal CA for automatic HTTPS.
4. **Wires host resolution** via Lima's `hostResolver` so the host OS resolves `*.colima.local` to the VM with no `/etc/hosts` edits.
5. (Optional) Honor a label such as `dev.colima.domains=myapp.local` for custom domains, mirroring OrbStack's `dev.orbstack.domains`.
## Why here, not Lima
Lima is intentionally container-runtime-agnostic; the container-watching + proxy logic belongs in the layer that owns the Docker context (Colima). Lima already provides the host-resolver primitive this would build on.
## Prior art
- OrbStack: https://docs.orbstack.dev/docker/domains , https://docs.orbstack.dev/features/https
- Existing Colima primitives: internal dnsmasq (#1381), `dnsHosts` (#512, #543)
Happy to help prototype this (the watcher + dnsmasq updater + Caddy config generator) if maintainers are open to the direction.
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