# Proxmox Datacenter Manager Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-datacenter-manager/ 7 people recommended Proxmox Datacenter Manager in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 5 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available”. **Verdict:** Free tool for managing many Proxmox systems from one interface, which people say lets them build their own cloud without losing security. Summary written by Claude from 10 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Single pane for many systems (2 comments in the sample): "PDM is rather handy for the likes of me that have loads of disparate systems down the end of VPNs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154151)) "PDM allows me to use a single pane of glass to manage the lot, with no loss of security." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154433)) - Long-awaited tool people wanted (2 comments in the sample): "This looks like exactly what everyone wanted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150159)) "Finally, what we have all been waiting for!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46150493)) ## Other hypervisors people recommend - [Proxmox VE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-ve/): 148 recommend, 41 mixed, 41 criticize - [Incus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/incus/): 71 recommend, 12 mixed, 8 criticize - [KVM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvm/): 27 recommend, 4 mixed, 7 criticize - [Sylve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sylve/): 16 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Proxmox Datacenter Manager", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-datacenter-manager/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.