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Headlamp vs Freelens: catalog facts
Headlamp	Freelens
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works as a desktop app or deployed in-cluster Multi-cluster support using an existing kubeconfig	Graphical view of Kubernetes cluster resources Native packages for three desktop platforms on x86_64 and arm64
Desktop apps are unsigned and trigger OS warnings Limited-permission tokens may not show all resources	Clusters older than Kubernetes 1.22 may not work correctly Linux builds need glibc 2.34 or later
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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