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Portainer vs Headlamp: catalog facts
Portainer	Headlamp
Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license.
Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser	Works as a desktop app or deployed in-cluster Multi-cluster support using an existing kubeconfig
Role-based access control and several fleet features are Business Edition only The agent needs access to the Docker socket, which is effectively root on the host	Desktop apps are unsigned and trigger OS warnings Limited-permission tokens may not show all resources
Self-hosted, Web application	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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 23, 2026

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