Rancher Desktop Alternatives

Rancher Desktop is described as 'Open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux. It provides Kubernetes and container management. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rancher Desktop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best Rancher Desktop alternative is Arcane - Docker Management UI, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rancher Desktop are Portainer, Kubernetes, Coolify and Dockpeek.

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  1. Web-based UI for Docker offers real-time monitoring, live resource updates, container actions, image management, network configuration, persistent volume creation, and resource visualization with a modern, intuitive design, covering all core Docker workflows.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  2. Portainer icon
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    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.

    28 Portainer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
     
  3. Kubernetes icon
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    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

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    • Online
     
  4. Dockpeek icon
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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...

    17 Dockpeek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. Cloudron icon
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    Cloudron is a complete solution for managing apps & users on your own server. Easily deploy production ready apps from the app library and keep them automatically up-to-date. It even comes with a built-in email server and web clients!.

    61 Cloudron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Podman Desktop icon
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    This tool allows to browse, manage lifecycle of containers, inspect containers, images from different container engines. It includes a tray icon support. It can connect to multiple engines at the same time and provides an unified interface.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. Lazydocker icon
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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...

    30 Lazydocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
  8. OpenShift icon
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    Red Hat OpenShift is a trusted, comprehensive, and consistent platform to develop, modernize, and deploy applications at scale, including today’s AI-enabled apps. Deliver better experiences faster with a complete set of services for bringing apps to market on your choice of infrastructure.

    65 OpenShift alternatives

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
     
  9. OrbStack icon
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    OrbStack is an alternative to Docker Desktop for macOS, designed to offer improved performance for Docker and virtual machines on Linux running on Mac computers. It addresses performance issues that have been experienced in the past, particularly on models with Apple Silicon.

    11 OrbStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  10. Rancher icon
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    Rancher is an open source container management platform built for organizations that deploy containers in production. Rancher makes it easy to run Kubernetes everywhere, meet IT requirements, and empower DevOps teams.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Seabird icon
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    Seabird is a native cross-platform Kubernetes desktop client that makes it super easy to explore your cluster's resources. We aim to visualize all common resource types in a simple, bloat-free user interface.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Flathub
     
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