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Aptakube vs Headlamp: catalog facts
Aptakube	Headlamp
Paid Commercial desktop app; check the website for current license prices.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Views multiple clusters simultaneously Aggregated log viewer across pods and containers	Works as a desktop app or deployed in-cluster Multi-cluster support using an existing kubeconfig
Not open source Commercial license rather than free	Desktop apps are unsigned and trigger OS warnings Limited-permission tokens may not show all resources
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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