Portainer CEO Neil Cresswell announced that 3.0 is a Kubernetes-first, enterprise-focused release with no Community Edition build: CE stays on the 2.x codebase with 2.45 LTS as the final line, CE 2.45 LTS keeps receiving security and bug fixes for as long as the matching Business Edition LTS is supported, and the free route into 3.x becomes the Business Edition 3 Nodes Free program, while existing Docker functionality remains and any future removal would come with advance notice and a migration path.
Portainer pivots to Kubernetes-first 3.0 and freezes Community Edition at 2.x
Portainer CEO Neil Cresswell announced that 3.0 is a Kubernetes-first, enterprise-focused release with no Community Edition build: CE stays on the 2.x codebase with 2.45 LTS as the final line, CE 2.45 LTS keeps receiving security and bug fixes for as long as the matching Business Edition LTS is supported, and the free route into 3.x becomes the Business Edition 3 Nodes Free program, while existing Docker functionality remains and any future removal would come with advance notice and a migration path.
Source: Portainer