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Whaler vs Arcane: catalog facts
Whaler	Arcane
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Linux	Web, Self-hosted
Starts and stops containers and compose applications Built-in log viewer	Clean interface built specifically for Docker rather than adapted from Kubernetes tooling
Basic feature set compared with full Docker dashboards Requires Docker to be installed separately	Young project, so features and configuration keys still change between releases
Downloadable app	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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