--- title: "The Best Docker Manager I’ve Seen! // Arcane Tutorial" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-docker-manager-i-ve-seen-arcane-tutorial-ccsme82x1 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwpWqdexEIk type: video:youtube source: "Christian Lempa" published: 2026-06-30T14:28:38.477Z updated: 2026-07-01T09:52:46.185Z tags: ["docker", "containers", "homelab", "docker-swarm"] reading_time: 26 upvotes: 32 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Best Docker Manager I’ve Seen! // Arcane Tutorial **[Christian Lempa](https://daily.dev/sources/christianlempa)** · 26 min read · 32 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Arcane is a free and open-source Docker manager designed for homelabs that combines features from multiple tools like Portainer, Coolify, and Dockge into one polished interface. Key features include Docker Swarm support, image builds, vulnerability scanning, update checks, volume backups, network/port topology overview, multi-environment management via direct or edge agents, GitOps sync, and global environment variables. Installation is done via Docker Compose with a few required configuration steps. The video also covers a sponsored tool, Infisical, for centralized secrets management across environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meet the New Self-Hosted Portainer Alternative: Arcane](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-the-new-self-hosted-portainer-alternative-arcane-0iyowbivd) · Noted · 106 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#homelab](https://daily.dev/tags/homelab), [#docker-swarm](https://daily.dev/tags/docker-swarm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-best-docker-manager-i-ve-seen-arcane-tutorial-ccsme82x1)