Last week, I planned to set up Dockhand as a replacement for Portainer on a live stream. Looks like being too tired to go through with it saved me from jumping out of the licence frying pan into the fire because Dockhand changed their licence terms a few days later.
In this commit, they changed their terms from
For clarity, the following uses are explicitly permitted without any restriction: […] Internal business use within your organization, regardless of the number of Docker environments managed […] Use by managed service providers (MSPs) to manage Docker infrastructure on behalf of their clients, provided the MSP does not offer Dockhand itself as the service
to
Any other production use — including production use by or on behalf of a company, sole trader or self-employed individual, public body or any other organization — requires a Commercial License from Licensor.
They added clarifications in two follow-up commits:
In essence, if you use Dockhand in production in a business setting, you’re likely to need a commercial licence.