Portainer 3.0 Goes Kubernetes-First, Docker Becomes Secondary
Portainer announced 3.0 with a Kubernetes-first codebase: Docker, Swarm and Podman remain supported, but new features like policies, GitOps and observability will arrive for Kubernetes first. Portainer 2.45 LTS is the final 2.x release, and there will be no separate Community Edition 3.x.
- Portainer 2.45 LTS is final 2.x release; 3.0 ships as STS
- Docker, Swarm and Podman remain but get secondary status
- New Portainer-Run, Portainer-IDP and Portainer-AiGrid are Kubernetes-only
- Community Edition stays on 2.x; 3.x available via 3 Nodes Free program
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