Hetznerly vs ContainerDesk

Hetznerly is the fastest way to run your Hetzner servers — Cloud, DNS, and Robot — from one native app on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Watch your fleet on a beautiful animated globe. Reboot, snapshot, or scale a server in two taps. SSH directly from your phone, no app-switch. Manage DNS zones. Spin up new instances from any datacenter without leaving the couch. Built native for iOS 26 and macOS 26 with Liquid Glass design, Live Activities, Widgets, Spotlight integration, and full keyboard shortcuts on Mac. Your API tokens are stored in the device Keychain — Hetznerly has no backend, so they never reach a server of ours. — Globe Dashboard: see every server and zone on one live map — Cloud, DNS, Robot — all your Hetzner products in one place — Built-in SSH terminal (SwiftTerm) with key authentication — SFTP browser to upload, download, and manage server files — Object Storage (S3) browser: configure access keys, browse buckets, upload/download/delete files — One-tap server actions: reboot, snapshot, rescue mode, scale, delete — Live Activities while a long-running action is in flight — Home Screen widget with status of your most-watched servers — Universal app: iPhone, iPad, Mac — built for each — Privacy-first: tokens in the device Keychain, optional Secure Enclave-backed SSH keys, no analytics, no tracking Free to use with your own Hetzner account. No subscription, no analytics, no tracking.

ContainerDesk is the native cockpit to manage your Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters remotely, from your Mac, iPad and iPhone. No Docker daemon exposed to the network, no agent to install: ContainerDesk talks to the Docker API and kubectl through a secure SSH connection. Your servers stay closed; you stay in control. DOCKER • All your containers, grouped by Docker Compose project • Real-time stats (CPU, RAM) and streaming logs with search • Start, stop, restart, remove, with confirmation • Interactive terminal and exec inside a container • File browser (download and upload) • Images (pull, remove, prune), volumes and networks • Create containers and deploy a local container to a remote server KUBERNETES • Pods by namespace, deployments, services, ingress • Logs, console and terminal inside a pod • Scale, rollout restart, edit ConfigMaps and Secrets • Guided Deployment creation • Cluster overview: top consumers A REAL TERMINAL A true interactive (PTY) terminal on your hosts and straight inside your containers and pods: autocomplete, colors, history. SECURITY FIRST • Everything goes through SSH, never an open Docker port • Human approval before every destructive action • Host keys verified (TOFU) with an alert on change • Secrets stored in the Keychain, never in the clear • Local audit log • Zero telemetry: your data never leaves your devices FROM MAC TO PHONE One native app on macOS, iPadOS and iOS. Organize servers with favorites and folders; with iCloud (Pro), they sync across your devices. PRO Unlock unlimited servers, Kubernetes, the MCP server (for AI agents), iCloud sync and deployment. One-time purchase, yours for life. Built for developers, sysadmins and homelab enthusiasts who want to manage Docker and Kubernetes cleanly, securely, from anywhere.