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umbrelOS vs DockSTARTer: catalog facts
umbrelOS	DockSTARTer
Free Free for personal and nonprofit use; Umbrel hardware is sold separately.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
One-click installs from an app store of over 300 apps Runs on PCs, Raspberry Pi 5 and virtual machines	Installs with a single script on many Linux distributions Catalog of preconfigured home server apps
Source-available licence, not open source Commercial use is not covered by the free licence	Requires Docker to be installed first Must run as a non-root user with sudo permissions
Operating system	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License: PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0	License: MIT
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 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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