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Arcane vs 1Panel: catalog facts
Arcane	1Panel
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free to use; the source is published on GitHub.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Clean interface built specifically for Docker rather than adapted from Kubernetes tooling	Manage a Linux server from a web interface Deploys applications as Docker containers
Young project, so features and configuration keys still change between releases	Linux servers only A web panel on a server adds something else to secure and update
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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