Don’t switch. Add WolfStack on top of what you already run.

WolfStack is a single Linux binary that installs on the bare-metal servers you already have — Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Rocky, Alma, Mint. No hypervisor OS to install, no reformat, no rebuild, no downtime on whatever’s already running. Most teams who use it didn’t throw anything away: they kept their bare-metal hardware, their Proxmox boxes, their Docker hosts, their Kubernetes clusters — and added WolfStack as the single dashboard for all of it.

Below: what stays, what you gain, for each of the four setups people usually arrive from.

WolfStack on your bare-metal Linux servers

No hypervisor. No special distro. No reformat. WolfStack is one binary you drop onto a Linux server — a bare-metal box in your rack, a dedicated VPS, an Intel NUC under a desk, an old workstation, a cloud instance you SSHed into five minutes ago. From the moment it’s running, that machine becomes a dashboard for itself and for every other server you point it at.

Runs on the metal you already own. Tested on Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, RHEL, Rocky, AlmaLinux. Works on x86_64 and ARM64. Deployable on hardware ranging from a Raspberry Pi to a 64-core Xeon — same binary, same UI.

The point: The Linux server you already paid for is enough. WolfStack turns it into a managed platform without taking it down or replacing the OS.

WolfStack alongside Kubernetes

Keep your K8s cluster doing what it’s good at. Add WolfStack so you stop YAML-ing for things that don’t need it — and so the rest of your fleet (VMs, LXCs, plain Docker hosts) shows up in the same dashboard.

WolfKube manages your existing K8s. Point WolfStack at any cluster (kubeconfig drop-in) and pods, deployments, PVCs, and pod terminals show up next to your VMs and Docker. No replacement, no rip-and-replace.

The point: You stop paying the K8s tax on workloads that never needed it — without giving up K8s where it pays off.

WolfStack alongside Proxmox

If you’re already running Proxmox you don’t need to migrate to anything. Install WolfStack on each Proxmox node and it adopts what’s already there — same VMs, same LXCs, same storage — while adding Docker management, unified backups, networking, and a single dashboard across the cluster.

No migration. No reformat. No new hypervisor. WolfStack reads your existing Proxmox config and shows your VMs and LXCs in the dashboard immediately. Carry on using pveproxy if you want to — both UIs work side-by-side.

The point: Keep Proxmox. Stop bolting on three other tools to fill in the gaps.

WolfStack on top of your Docker hosts

If you’re running Docker today and managing it through SSH and bash history, the goal isn’t to change how you run containers — it’s to stop running them blind. WolfStack installs on the same hosts your Docker daemon is on. Your existing containers, images, networks, and compose files all show up immediately. No re-pulls, no re-tagging, no downtime.

Your existing docker setup is unchanged. WolfStack talks to the local Docker socket. Containers you started with docker run or docker compose up appear in the UI within seconds, with their logs, networks, and volumes intact.

The point: Same Docker. Just stop running it blind.

Feature-by-feature comparison

If you want the receipts — here’s the full table against Proxmox, Kubernetes, Portainer, CasaOS, and Cockpit.

Container & VM Management

Orchestration & High Availability

Networking, Security & Authentication

Storage

Monitoring, Tools & UI

Platform

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