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DockSTARTer vs Yacht: catalog facts
DockSTARTer	Yacht
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Self-hosted, Web, Linux
Installs with a single script on many Linux distributions Catalog of preconfigured home server apps	Deploys apps from Portainer-compatible templates in one click Docker Compose support
Requires Docker to be installed first Must run as a non-root user with sudo permissions	Still alpha, and the author warns data loss is possible Not updated in a long time; no tagged releases
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
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 26, 2026

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