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. 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.

    21 Arcane - Docker Management UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  2. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  3. 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...

    29 Lazydocker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Docker
     
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  4. Yacht icon
     7 likes

    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.

    21 Yacht alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Dokemon icon
     9 likes

    Docker Container Management GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. WhaleDeck icon
     1 like

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  7.  2 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Homebrew
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Comments about LinuxServer.io as an Alternative to Portainer
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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
  9. DockStation icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10.  1 like

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Docker
    • Python
    • Linux
     
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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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
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