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Arcane vs Whaler: catalog facts
Arcane	Whaler
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.
Web, Self-hosted	Linux
Clean interface built specifically for Docker rather than adapted from Kubernetes tooling	Starts and stops containers and compose applications Built-in log viewer
Young project, so features and configuration keys still change between releases	Basic feature set compared with full Docker dashboards Requires Docker to be installed separately
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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