Portainer CE
Dashboards & StartpagesLightweight management UI for Docker and Kubernetes
Replaces Rancher, Docker Desktop
Best Kubernetes Dashboards & Startpages for self-hosting
The 5 best Kubernetes dashboards & startpages you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Cube
Dashboards & StartpagesSemantic layer and headless BI for building data apps
Replaces Looker, AtScale
Hajimari
Dashboards & StartpagesKubernetes-aware startpage that auto-discovers your apps
Replaces Google homepage
Grafana Image Renderer
Dashboards & StartpagesRender Grafana panels and dashboards as images and PDFs
Replaces Grafana Enterprise Reporting
Startpunkt
Dashboards & StartpagesClean startpage that auto-discovers Kubernetes apps
Replaces Google homepage
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portainer CE | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | Zlib | 38,657 |
| Cube | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 21,006 |
| Hajimari | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 822 |
| Grafana Image Renderer | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | Apache-2.0 | 540 |
| Startpunkt | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 3 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Portainer CE (38,657 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Hajimari (from 64 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 5 use Apache-2.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Kubernetes within the dashboards & startpages category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.