# portainer/portainer

Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

Repository: https://github.com/portainer/portainer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/portainer
Homepage: https://www.portainer.io
Language: TypeScript
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, docker-swarm, ui, docker-deployment, docker-compose, docker-container, docker-image, portainer, docker-ui, dockerfile, moby, hacktoberfest, kubernetes
Last push: 2026-08-26T23:12:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3758, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 6, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 65}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 38350, forks 2890 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:07.370038+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, gui, self-hosted, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: docker-ui, kubernetes-ui, container-management, web-gui, docker-swarm, gitops, edge-compute, aci, devops, containers, docker, kubernetes, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- portainer/portainer (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:07.370038+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:24:56.650881+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/portainer/portainer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:07.370038+00:00, sha 7cebff46b0f7)
  - homepage: https://www.portainer.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.412025+00:00, sha 6c39ec7c58bf)
  - site_page: https://docs.portainer.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.430546+00:00, sha 7b5eecdab2da)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/resources/discover/events/webinar-why-kubernetes-docs-keep-losing-you-and-what-we-did-about-it (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.421993+00:00, sha 49d3f7ee24e5)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/features (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.428651+00:00, sha f33c61e2907b)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/install (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.432287+00:00, sha 4764c23b06b7)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.433922+00:00, sha b3fc54233bab)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.424124+00:00, sha fdceefa188b8)
  - site_page: https://www.portainer.io/resources (fetched 2026-08-29T07:47:26.426306+00:00, sha e2e8c7300280)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.