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Kitematic vs Portainer: What are the differences?
Developers describe Kitematic as "The easiest way to start using Docker on your Mac". Simple Docker App management for Mac OS X. On the other hand, Portainer is detailed as "Simple management UI for Docker". Portainer is an open-source lightweight management UI which allows you to easily manage your Docker environments Portainer is available on Windows, Linux and Mac. It has never been so easy to manage Docker !.
Kitematic and Portainer belong to "Container Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Kitematic are:
- Mac App with GUI for Docker
- Create images from any folder with a Dockerfile in it
- Configure environment variables
On the other hand, Portainer provides the following key features:
- Docker management
- Docker UI
- Docker cluster management
"I like it because it sucks" is the top reason why over 4 developers like Kitematic, while over 29 developers mention "Simple" as the leading cause for choosing Portainer.
Kitematic is an open source tool with 10.5K GitHub stars and 1.25K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Kitematic's open source repository on GitHub.
Viadeo, Betaout, and Bluestem Brands are some of the popular companies that use Portainer, whereas Kitematic is used by Docker, Car Throttle, and Athento. Portainer has a broader approval, being mentioned in 23 company stacks & 17 developers stacks; compared to Kitematic, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 8 developer stacks.
Pros of Kitematic
- I like it because it sucks8
- No command line, Docker in one app, gui, easy to set up3
- Good for first timer2
- Easy to get started1
Pros of Portainer
- Simple35
- Great UI26
- Friendly19
- Easy to setup, gives a practical interface for Docker12
- Because it just works, super simple yet powerful11
- Fully featured11
- A must for Docker DevOps9
- Free and opensource7
- It's simple, fast and the support is great5
- API5
- Template Support4
