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24 alternatives to Portainer

A simple management UI for Docker

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Portainer launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1PA
   Portainer – A lightweight management UI for Docker▲146

   2016 · portainer.io · its alternatives →

2. 2MI
   Marina.io, an open source Docker Hub with ARM support▲59

   2017 · marina.io · its alternatives →

3. 3PA
   Paz – A Simple Docker PaaS Written in Node.js▲90

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Habitus▲126

   An open source build flow tool for Docker

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5DB
   Docker-based immutable workstation▲155

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6DD
   DevLab – Docker Containerization for Local Development▲34

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7FS
   FaaS – Serverless functions framework for Docker▲73

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8DA
   Dockter, an open source tool that makes Docker logs easier to digest▲5

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9KD
   Kontena – Docker Platform Written in Ruby▲63

   2015 · kontena.io · its alternatives →

10. 10DC
    Docker Cheat Sheet▲31

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

11. 11B0
    Beluga 0.1 – Docker Deployment Tool▲34

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12HO
    Horcrux: On-demand,version controlled data for docker containers▲35

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13OA
    Ofelia – a simple job scheduler ready for Docker▲44

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14OT
    Our Take on Intuition Engineering with Docker▲31

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

15. 15JC
    Jet – Codeship’s CI Platform for Docker▲15

    2016 · codeship.com · its alternatives →

16. 16SD
    Spin-docker – a lightweight RESTful docker PaaS▲14

    2014 · andrewtorkbaker.com · its alternatives →

17. 17FF
    Fig - Fast, isolated development environments using Docker▲15

    2014 · orchardup.github.io · its alternatives →

18. 18DD
    Dockership – dead simple docker deploy tool (YA*)▲8

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19DA
    Dockopotamus, a naive honeypot that uses docker▲13

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20SA
    Security and Docker: tips and tricks▲21

    2019 · made2591.github.io · its alternatives →

21. 21NM
    Network Manager for docker containers▲7

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22DF
    DockerLabs – fast-track your Docker skills▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23MF
    My first book: Orchestrating Docker▲32

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24FP
    Fisherman – Plugin manager and CLI toolkit for fish shell▲39

    2016 · fisherman.sh · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →