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Yacht vs Portainer: catalog facts
Yacht	Portainer
Free Free and open source.	Freemium Community Edition is free and open source. Business Edition is a paid subscription, free…
Self-hosted, Web, Linux	Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Deploys apps from Portainer-compatible templates in one click Docker Compose support	One console for Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes across several hosts Deploys Compose stacks and Helm charts from the browser
Still alpha, and the author warns data loss is possible Not updated in a long time; no tagged releases	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
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open 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
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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