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DockSTARTer vs umbrelOS: catalog facts
DockSTARTer	umbrelOS
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free for personal and nonprofit use; Umbrel hardware is sold separately.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted
Installs with a single script on many Linux distributions Catalog of preconfigured home server apps	One-click installs from an app store of over 300 apps Runs on PCs, Raspberry Pi 5 and virtual machines
Requires Docker to be installed first Must run as a non-root user with sudo permissions	Source-available licence, not open source Commercial use is not covered by the free licence
Downloadable app	Operating system
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License: PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0
No account 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 October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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