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What's Up Docker vs Dockwatch: catalog facts
What's Up DockerDockwatch
Free

Free and open source under the MIT licence.

Free

Free to download and run from its public GitHub repository.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Supports Docker, Compose, Swarm, Kubernetes and Nomad
  • Works with most public registries and self-hosted OCI registries
  • Automated container updates from a web interface
  • Notifications about container changes
  • Needs to run as its own container or service
  • Automatic updates can break setups if images change behaviour
  • Needs access to the Docker host it manages
  • Recently moved its data store to MariaDB, adding a dependency
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Closed source
License: MIT License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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