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OKD vs K3s: catalog facts
OKD	K3s
Free Free community distribution.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Integrated platform with over 100 preinstalled operators Runs in cloud, on bare metal or at the edge	Single binary installs a conformant cluster in under a minute Runs comfortably on small ARM boards and low-memory hosts
Heavy and opinionated compared with plain Kubernetes Needs significant infrastructure to run	Defaults to SQLite for a single server; high availability needs etcd or an external database Bundled Traefik and ServiceLB have to be disabled if you prefer your own
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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