Rancher
Rancher is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Self-hosting Platforms category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 26,010 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 26,010
- Forks
- 3,222
- Open issues
- 3,260
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,202
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.15.2Sep 23, 2026
- Created
- Nov 7, 2014
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 1,202 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,202 |
| Latest release | v2.15.2 (Sep 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 1,749 |
| Open issues | 3,260 |
| Open pull requests | 151 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Nov 7, 2014 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Rancher
Multi-cluster Kubernetes management platform.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/rancher/rancher.
Topics
- rancher
- docker
- kubernetes
- orchestration
- cattle
- containers
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Is Rancher free and open source?
Yes. Rancher is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Rancher with Docker?
Yes. Rancher provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Rancher?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Rancher include Coolify, Portainer and Dokploy.
Is Rancher actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Rancher was on Oct 26, 2026 with 1,202 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.15.2, published Sep 23, 2026. It had 3,260 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.