Self-Hosting Dockge: Lightweight Docker Compose Manager

Self-Hosting Dockge: Lightweight Docker Compose Manager If you’ve been managing Docker Compose stacks by SSH-ing into servers and editing YAML files in nano, Dockge is about to change your life. Created by the same developer behind Uptime Kuma, Dockge is a reactive, web-based Docker Compose manager that keeps things simple — no abstraction layers, no proprietary formats, just your compose.yaml files with a clean UI on top. Unlike Portainer (which wraps everything in its own API) or Coolify (which is a full PaaS), Dockge stays close to the metal. Your compose files live on disk exactly where you’d expect them, and you can still use docker compose commands directly. Dockge just gives you a nicer way to do it. ...

March 20, 2026 · 7 min · Self Host Setup