portainer/portainer
Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 7.0
- age_days: 3758
- days_rel: 6
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 65
Adoption not part of the score
38350 stars · 2890 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Portainer Community Edition is a lightweight, self-hosted web UI and API for managing Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and Azure ACI container environments. It deploys as a single container and lets users manage containers, images, volumes, networks, and stacks without writing CLI commands or YAML.
Use cases
- manage docker containers from a web ui
- kubernetes dashboard for managing clusters without kubectl
- deploy docker compose stacks via a gui
- manage multiple docker hosts and swarm clusters from one place
- self-hosted container management for a home lab
- give developers self-service deployments with guardrails
- manage container volumes, networks, and images visually
- deploy apps from git repositories to docker or kubernetes
When to choose
- you want a GUI instead of CLI/YAML for Docker or Kubernetes management
- you need to manage multiple Docker hosts, Swarm clusters, or Kubernetes clusters from a single pane of glass
- you run a home lab or small team and want simple container administration
- you want GitOps-style deployments from Git without running Argo or Flux per cluster
- you need a lightweight management plane deployable as a single container, including on edge or air-gapped systems
When to avoid
- you need full RBAC, audit logs, and enterprise governance on the free open-source edition (those are Business Edition features)
- you prefer infrastructure-as-code-only workflows with Terraform, Helm, and kubectl and no UI
- you need deep Kubernetes observability or monitoring beyond container management
- you require a fully open-source license for enterprise use (CE uses the Zlib license with an open-core model)
Facets
application · maturity stable
container-orchestration deployment gui self-hosted developer-tools infrastructure-as-code cloud-computing self-hosted infrastructure-as-code windows self-hosted cross-platform docker-ui kubernetes-ui container-management web-gui docker-swarm gitops edge-compute aci devops containers docker kubernetes linux web-server
9 sources
- readme: https://github.com/portainer/portainer · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7cebff46b0f7
- homepage: https://www.portainer.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6c39ec7c58bf
- site_page: https://docs.portainer.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7b5eecdab2da
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/resources/discover/events/webinar-why-kubernetes-docs-keep-losing-you-and-what-we-did-about-it · fetched 2026-08-29 · 49d3f7ee24e5
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · f33c61e2907b
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4764c23b06b7
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/about-us · fetched 2026-08-29 · b3fc54233bab
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · fdceefa188b8
- site_page: https://www.portainer.io/resources · fetched 2026-08-29 · e2e8c7300280
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| portainer/portainer | main | 95 |
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