Containerization Software

Arcane vs OrbStack

Compare Arcane and OrbStack side-by-side. See feature differences and pricing in the Containerization Software category.

Arcane

by Arcane

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Pricing: Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license, self-hosted; no paid edition or hosted plan.

Arcane is an open source web dashboard for managing Docker and Podman hosts, for self-hosters and small teams who run Compose projects on their own servers.

6 /17 features Full profile

OrbStack

by OrbStack

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Pricing: Free for personal use; Pro $8 per user a month billed annually or $10 billed monthly; Enterprise priced on request.

OrbStack is containerization software for the Mac that runs Docker containers, local Kubernetes and Linux machines, built as a Docker Desktop alternative.

6 /17 features Full profile

Feature Comparison

Containerization Software features side-by-side

Feature	Arcane 6/17 features	OrbStack 6/17 features
OCI-compliant images and runtime Builds and runs images that conform to the OCI spec so they work with any compliant runtime.	No	No
Dockerfile-compatible image builds Images build from an unmodified Dockerfile or Containerfile with the same instructions.	Yes	Yes
Rootless mode Containers run under an unprivileged user account without a root-owned daemon.	Yes	No
Daemonless engine Containers are started directly by the CLI with no long-running background service.	No	No
Compose-style multi-container apps A single YAML file defines several containers, networks and volumes that start together.	Yes	Yes
Desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux A graphical desktop application manages containers, images and volumes on all three platforms.	No	No
Multi-architecture image builds One build command produces images for amd64 and arm64 and publishes a manifest list.	No	Yes
Layer caching for rebuilds Unchanged image layers are reused so repeat builds finish in seconds instead of minutes.	No	Yes
Bundled local Kubernetes cluster A single-node Kubernetes cluster can be switched on inside the desktop app for local testing.	No	Yes
File sync for bind-mounted volumes Host directories mounted into containers are synchronised for fast file access on macOS and Windows.	No	Yes
Local image vulnerability scan Images can be scanned for known CVEs from the CLI or desktop app before they are pushed.	Yes	No
Remote build offload to cloud builders Image builds can run on vendor-hosted builders with a shared cache instead of the local machine.	Yes	No
GPU access inside containers Containers can be given access to host GPUs for machine learning and media workloads.	No	No
Centrally enforced desktop settings Administrators can lock desktop configuration and restrict which registries and images are allowed.	No	No
Windows container support Windows-based container images can be built and run, not only Linux ones.	No	No
Free for personal and small-business use A no-cost tier covers individual developers and small companies; larger firms pay per seat.	Yes	No
Open source container engine The underlying engine is open source even where the desktop application is licensed.	No	No
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