Portainer

Portainer is a container management interface for Docker, Swarm, Podman, Kubernetes and Azure Container Instances environments. The Community Edition is free and lightweight and is provided as-is, aimed at homelab users, hobbyists, students and others trying out containers on their own machines. It is written in TypeScript and released under the Zlib license.

The README is clear about intended use: The project positions Community Edition for homelabs, learning setups, personal projects and similar non-production use. It comes without support, warranty, SLA or roadmap commitment, and updates arrive without guaranteed cadence. For production or business-critical use, the project points to Portainer Business Edition.

Business Edition is based on the same open-source code and adds hardening, commercial support and features such as RBAC, GitOps, edge management, auditing and SSO. A Take3 offer gives three free Business nodes. Getting started documentation covers deploying Portainer. It suits individuals and small teams who want a visual way to manage containers, with a commercial path available as needs grow.