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MicroK8s vs minikube: catalog facts
MicroK8s	minikube
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free The open-source application is available without a license fee.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Add-ons turn common cluster components on with one command Clusters of three or more nodes gain high availability automatically	Local clusters with common Kubernetes features
Installation is tied to snap, which is awkward on distributions that do not ship it Add-on versions track Canonical's choices rather than upstream release timing	Requires enough local resources and a supported runtime or driver.
Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is 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 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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