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Portainer: the best Open Source alternative to Docker Desktop in 2026

Portainer offers a visual panel to manage Docker or Kubernetes containers, stacks and images, ideal for administering your servers without memorizing Docker CLI commands.

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Technical profile

License: Zlib
Category: Dev Tools
Replaces: Docker Desktop
Tech stack: GoAngular

Preview

Public image provided by Portainer on its own website.

Key features

Visual management of containers and stacks
Supports Docker, Swarm and Kubernetes
Team-based access control

Portainer vs. Docker Desktop

Pros

Massively reduces the friction of administering Docker over SSH

Things to consider

Needs access to the host's Docker socket, watch your permissions

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  portainer:
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9443:9443"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - portainer_data:/data
volumes:
  portainer_data: