Portainer AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Docker Managers

The best Docker Manager alternative to Portainer is Arcane - Docker Management UI, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Portainer and 14 are Docker Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Docker Manager alternatives to Portainer are Dockpeek, Lazydocker, Yacht and Dokemon.

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  1. Arcane - Docker Management UI icon

    Arcane - Docker Management UI

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    Arcane is a modern, web-based interface for managing your Docker environment, built with SvelteKit. It offers a clean, intuitive overview and powerful management tools for your containers, images, volumes, and networks—all in one place.

    21 Arcane - Docker Management UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    • Arcane - Docker Management UI is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Portainer.

    • Arcane - Docker Management UI is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Portainer.

    • Arcane - Docker Management UI is Free and Open SourcePortainer is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Arcane - Docker Management UI is Privacy focusedPortainer is not according to our users
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    Dockpeek

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    Dockpeek is a lightweight, self-hosted Docker dashboard that allows you to view and access exposed container ports with a clean, click-to-access interface. It supports both local Docker sockets and remote hosts via socket-proxy, making it easy to keep an eye on multiple Docker...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  4. Lazydocker icon

    Lazydocker

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    Memorising docker commands is hard. Memorising aliases is slightly less hard. Keeping track of your containers across multiple terminal windows is near impossible. What if you had all the information you needed in one terminal window with every common command living one keypress...

    29 Lazydocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
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    • Almost everyone thinks Lazydocker is a great Portainer alternative.

    • Lazydocker is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Portainer.

    • Lazydocker is Free and Open SourcePortainer is Free Personal and Open Source
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    Yacht

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    A web interface for managing docker containers with an emphasis on templating to provide 1 click deployments. Yacht is a flask based container management UI with a focus on templates and 1-click deployments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Dokemon

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    Docker Container Management GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Manage containers, images, volumes, networks
     

  7. cruise

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    Cruise is a powerful, intuitive, and fully-featured TUI (Terminal User Interface) for interacting with Docker. Built with Go and Bubbletea, it offers a visually rich, keyboard-first experience for managing containers, images, volumes, networks, logs and more — all from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
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    WhaleDeck

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    WhaleDeck is your all-in-one Docker environment manager. Reduce complexity and stay productive with a visual dashboard that centralizes performance metrics, container logs, and actions across multiple servers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • WhaleDeck is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Portainer.

    • WhaleDeck is Freemium and ProprietaryPortainer is Free Personal and Open Source

  10. LinuxServer.io

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    Building and maintaining community images We are a group of like minded enthusiasts from across the world who build and maintain the largest collection of Docker images on the web, and at our core are the principles behind Free and Open Source Softwa.

    3 LinuxServer.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    LinuxServer.io provides images for containers and portainer is a dashboard to control the containers

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • LinuxServer.io is Free and Open SourcePortainer is Free Personal and Open Source
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    DockStation

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    DockStation is a developer-centric application for managing projects based on Docker. Instead of lots of CLI commands you can monitor, configure, and manage services and containers while using just a GUI.

    20 DockStation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. sen

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    sen is a terminal user interface for containers:

    it can interactively manage your containers and images: start, stop, restart, kill, delete,... there is a "dashboard" view for containers and images you are able to inspect containers and images sen can fetch logs of con.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Python
    • Linux
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    Dockman

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    A Docker management tool for users who want unfiltered access to their Docker Compose files.

    28 Dockman alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  14. Isaiah

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    Isaiah is a self-hostable service that enables you to manage all your Docker resources on a remote server. It is an attempt at recreating the Lazydocker command-line application from scratch, while making it available as a web application without compromising on the features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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