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AKS desktop vs Freelens: catalog facts
AKS desktop	Freelens
Free The app is free and open source; the AKS clusters it manages are billed by Azure.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Guided deployment flows built on supported AKS features Based on the open-source Headlamp dashboard	Graphical view of Kubernetes cluster resources Native packages for three desktop platforms on x86_64 and arm64
Only useful with Azure Kubernetes Service Requires an Azure account and AKS cluster	Clusters older than Kubernetes 1.22 may not work correctly Linux builds need glibc 2.34 or later
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
Account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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