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Headlamp vs KubeSphere: catalog facts
Headlamp	KubeSphere
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.	Freemium The Community Edition is free; other products are offered alongside it.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Works as a desktop app or deployed in-cluster Multi-cluster support using an existing kubeconfig	Web console for multi-tenant Kubernetes management Built-in DevOps, microservices and observability scenarios
Desktop apps are unsigned and trigger OS warnings Limited-permission tokens may not show all resources	A large platform that takes effort to deploy and run License terms for the current edition are not stated in the research
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
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 September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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