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Flocker vs Lens: What are the differences?
Flocker: Run your databases in Docker and make them as portable as the rest of your app. Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool. With it you can control your data using the same tools you use for your stateless applications. This means that you can run your databases, queues and key-value stores in Docker and move them around as easily as the rest of your app; Lens: Open-source IDE to control your Kubernetes clusters. It is the only IDE you’ll ever need to take control of your Kubernetes clusters. It is a standalone application for MacOS, Windows and Linux operating systems. It is open source and free.
Flocker and Lens belong to "Container Tools" category of the tech stack.
Flocker and Lens are both open source tools. Lens with 3.32K GitHub stars and 139 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Flocker with 3.24K GitHub stars and 298 GitHub forks.
Pros of Flocker
- Open-Source4
- Easily manage Docker containers with Data3
- Easy setup2
- Great support from their team2
- Multi-host docker-compose support2
- Only requires docker2
Pros of Lens
- Keep track of cluster changes4
- Easy management of multiple clusters2
- Open Source2
- Local installation, not SaaS1