Dockge

A fancy, easy-to-use self-hosted manager for Docker Compose stacks, with an interactive compose.yaml editor and web terminal, from the author of Uptime Kuma.

24.7k stars, 859 forks TypeScript On GitHub since October 2023

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Development has slowed down. 1 commit in the last 90 days; the latest on 23 October 2026. Active alternatives: Portainer, Coolify, Dokku.

What is Dockge?

Dockge focuses on one thing: compose stacks. You create, edit, start, stop, restart and delete stacks, update their images, and edit compose.yaml in an interactive editor with live feedback. An interactive web terminal and real-time logs help you see what is happening, and since version 1.4 one interface can manage several hosts through agents. Stacks stay as normal files on disk, so you can still use the Docker CLI. It offers 27 interface languages.

Good fit if

  • You run your homelab with Docker Compose and want a friendly UI on top.
  • You want to keep plain compose files rather than a database of containers.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want an active project: Dockge had a single commit in the last 90 days. Komodo and Portainer are alternatives.
  • You manage Kubernetes or Swarm: Portainer.

Before you adopt it

Dockge is MIT-licensed and free. It is a side project of Louis Lam, who also makes Uptime Kuma, and development has slowed recently.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Dockge health: is it still maintained?

12 of 100, slowing down

  • Activity
    1 commit in the last 90 days, the latest on 23 October 2026.
    4 / 30
  • Contributors
    1 person wrote the 1 commit of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 100% of them.
    2 / 20
  • Releases
    0 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 1.5.0, on 30 March 2025.
    1 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 0% of recent issues.
    0 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Dockge license: is it open source?

Dockge uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. October 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Dockge yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
compose.yaml: 1 service
Setup effort
1 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
27 languages

Install instructions: dockge.kuma.pet or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Dockge

Is Dockge open source?

Yes. Dockge is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Dockge still maintained?

Its health score is 12 of 100 (slowing down). It had 1 commit in the last 90 days, the latest on 23 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 30 March 2025.

How do I run Dockge?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Dockge?

Close alternatives in the Self-hosting & PaaS category include Portainer, Coolify, Dokku.