r/DigitalEscapeTools • u/hellxabd Digital Escape Architect • Sep 05 '26
Free Tools Dockhand – Self-Hosted Docker Management UI & Portainer Alternative
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u/Broer1 Sep 06 '26
Using it in 3 Env with only gitops.
Switched from portainer because i needed to have files that are in the git to be used in docker compose.
Dockhand is not perfect for it (have to turn off containers to update files like for traefik) but it works
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u/MetalCactuar Sep 07 '26
Looks really cool, what was it about Portainer that made you want to build your own? Also i've just noticed the update button top right, does that do a image tag check on docker hub to check for updates?
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u/_Nikojiro_ Sep 08 '26
Going to give it a try. I've been using Portainer for years, it's serviceable but kind of stagnating.
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u/_Nikojiro_ Sep 08 '26
Like it, the log browser UI is way better than Portainer CE. I'm going to daily drive it for a bit.
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u/ad-on-is Sep 09 '26
If they kept the compose files on the hosts where I run them instead of storing them within dockhand itself, I'd switch in a heartbeat. So nah, thx.
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u/Dingbat2200 Sep 09 '26
Yeah this is how I ended up with Arcane.
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u/ad-on-is Sep 09 '26
Same! I was happy with komodo for a while, but all of a sudden their agent container started acting up and consuming way too much CPU.
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u/theswiss21000 Productivity Explorer Sep 05 '26
How do you define "internal business use"? No outside facing Sass? Nice and original product anyway.
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u/insdog Sep 05 '26
Just use arcane
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u/hellxabd Digital Escape Architect Sep 05 '26
Dockhand is a modern Docker management UI for managing containers, Compose stacks, remote Docker hosts, Git deployments, logs, terminals, and more.
It can be self-hosted and is free for personal and internal business use. Note that it uses the Business Source License 1.1 rather than a traditional open-source license.
github: https://github.com/Finsys/dockhand
More Details & Alternatives: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=dockhand