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The best Docker Manager alternative to Docker is Portainer. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Portainer or Libre.sh. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Docker and four of them are Docker Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

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  1. Portainer icon

    Portainer

     80 likes

    Portainer Community Edition is a lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications that can be used to manage Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes environments. It is designed to be as simple to deploy as it is to use.

    38 Portainer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
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    Libre.sh

     6 likes

    Libre.sh is a little framework to host Docker. It is simple and modular and respect the convention over configuration paradigm.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Container Desktop icon

    Container Desktop

     1 like

    A familiar desktop graphical interface for the free and open container manager - Podman.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. Zenithal icon

    Zenithal

     1 like

    Native macOS GUI for Docker and Kubernetes management. Built with SwiftUI, not Electron. Lightweight alternative to Docker Desktop with a visual Compose builder, built-in security scanning, and full Kubernetes support.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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