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Alternatives to OrbStack
OrbStack: A light Mac app that runs Docker containers, Kubernetes and Linux machines as a Docker Desktop replacement. Here are 14 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 11 have a free plan, 1 sells for a one-off price.
- Runtipi
Tool for running a home server that installs and updates hundreds of self-hosted apps from a dashboard.
Free · Developer tools · Individuals and families
- OpenPanel
A hosting control panel that gives each customer their own isolated container with separate database, PHP and cache.
Free plan · Website builders · Agencies
- Semaphore
Continuous integration and delivery service that runs builds and tests for software teams, billed by usage.
Pay as you go · Developer tools · Developers
- Apply.Build
Hosts apps from a GitHub repo on European servers, with attack filtering, logs and metrics for a fixed monthly fee.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Canine
Deploy and manage apps on your own Kubernetes cluster with a Heroku style workflow, hosted or self-hosted.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- CH-UI
A self-hosted web workspace for ClickHouse with a SQL editor, dashboards and cluster monitoring, for data teams.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dokploy
Self-hostable platform for deploying apps and databases across your own servers, with backups and user roles.
Free trial · Developer tools · Developers
- Infrawrench
A desktop and web app that finds resources across AWS, GCP, Azure and other clouds and lets infra teams work on them in one place.
Since 2026
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- KubeSwitch
A Mac menu bar app with a hotkey and fuzzy search for changing Kubernetes contexts and namespaces.
One-off payment · Developer tools · Developers
- Mist
Self-hosted platform that deploys Docker apps from Git with domains, SSL and databases for small dev teams.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Okteto
Gives AI coding agents and developers isolated full-stack environments on your own Kubernetes setup to test code against real services.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Oxynote
A self-hosted wiki for engineering teams where pages embed live Prometheus and SQL charts and edits are reviewed like pull requests.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Spanlens
Logs every LLM call with cost, latency and agent traces once you change one base URL; hosted or self-hosted.
Free plan · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Voltius
A local-first SSH and SFTP client with encrypted sync between devices and sessions you can resume on another machine.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers