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Dockge

Lightweight, reactive Docker Compose stack manager with a live web UI.

Self-hosted Open source MIT dockercontainersself-hosting
Pricing

Free (open source).

Dockge is a focused alternative to Portainer for teams and homelabbers who just want to manage Compose stacks — edit compose.yaml live in the browser, see logs, restart services.

Key features

  • Live in-browser compose.yaml editing
  • Real-time container logs and status
  • Very light resource footprint
  • No Kubernetes scope creep

Self-hosted vs. cloud

Self-hosted only, and deliberately so — it’s a thin management layer over Docker Compose on a single host, not a platform.

Quick start

docker compose up -d   # from the dockge repo's compose file

Alternatives

Portainer covers both Docker and Kubernetes if you need broader scope.