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WhalerPortainer
Free

Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later.

 Freemium

Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…

Linux Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Starts and stops containers and compose applications
  • Built-in log viewer
  • One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts
  • Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser
  • Basic feature set compared with full Docker dashboards
  • Requires Docker to be installed separately
  • 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
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

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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