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Freelens vs AKS desktop: catalog facts
Freelens	AKS desktop
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free The app is free and open source; the AKS clusters it manages are billed by Azure.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Graphical view of Kubernetes cluster resources Native packages for three desktop platforms on x86_64 and arm64	Guided deployment flows built on supported AKS features Based on the open-source Headlamp dashboard
Clusters older than Kubernetes 1.22 may not work correctly Linux builds need glibc 2.34 or later	Only useful with Azure Kubernetes Service Requires an Azure account and AKS cluster
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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