Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
- Docker



Apps similar to Rancher Desktop include Docker, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Arcane - Docker Management UI, Portainer, Coolify and Kubernetes. Docker Managers like Rancher Desktop are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.



Apache Mesos is a cluster manager that simplifies the complexity of running applications on a shared pool of servers.

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.




Cloudify is an orchestration-first, model-driven cloud management platform native to Network function virtualization (NFV), that is open source and based on the TOSCA standard.



Nomad is an easy-to-use, flexible, and performant workload orchestrator that can deploy a mix of microservice, batch, containerized, and non-containerized applications.
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.

A web-based interface for managing Docker containers and docker-compose configurations with powerful project creation and backup capabilities.



Nebula container orchestrator aims to help devs and ops treat IoT devices just like distributed Dockerized apps. It aim is to act as Docker orchestrator for IoT devices as well as for distributed services that can span thousands of devices worldwide.
OpenFaaS® makes it easy for developers to deploy event-driven functions and microservices to Kubernetes without repetitive, boiler-plate coding. Package your code or an existing binary in a Docker image to get a highly scalable endpoint with auto-scaling and metrics.


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.




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




Mesosphere DCOS organizes your entire infrastructure as if it was a single computer. It runs all your apps and workloads, from PaaS-based microservices to big data to databases.


