ISC Stork
7.5#2 in dhcp management softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
VisitISC Stork vs Jen Kea DHCP Management Console
Jen Kea DHCP Management Console
7.1#5 in dhcp management softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | ISC Stork | Jen Kea DHCP Management Console |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | Documentation covers LDAP, OIDC, Kea basic authentication, HTTPS and mutual TLS; agent registration requires authorization or a protected token. | Security controls include TOTP and WebAuthn/passkey MFA, trusted devices, login throttling, session timeouts, audit logging and HTTPS certificate upload. |
| High availability | It displays Kea high-availability relationships, roles and failover status. | Jen shows HA state, compares leases across a pair and provides a guided maintenance workflow when the Kea HA hook is present. |
| Integrations | Stork can export traffic activity data to Prometheus for display in Grafana charts. | Jen connects to Kea through the Control Agent or direct daemon control sockets, uses MySQL/MariaDB for Kea data, and uses SSH for configuration and service operations. |
| License | Stork source is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. | The repository states that Jen is released under GNU GPL version 3. |
| Public API | Stork exposes a REST API documented with Swagger/OpenAPI and a gRPC agent API defined in agent.proto. | The architecture documents REST v1 routes and Bearer API-key authentication that plugins can also use. |
| Purpose | Stork provides a web-based graphical interface for monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintaining Kea DHCP server configuration. | Jen is a full-featured web-based management interface for ISC Kea DHCP Server, managing leases, reservations, subnets and infrastructure from a browser. |
ISC Stork plans
- Stork open-source softwareFree
- Kea/Stork support subscription—
- Professional support for StorkPriced on request
Jen Kea DHCP Management Console plans
- GPL v3 open-sourceFree
Pick ISC Stork if…
Stork suits administrators maintaining Kea DHCP deployments who want a web interface for monitoring and management. It may also help teams that use Prometheus, Grafana, or LDAP.
Pick Jen Kea DHCP Management Console if…
Jen suits homelab and small-business operators who administer a handful of Kea servers and want browser-based lease, reservation, and subnet controls. It is designed for Linux and self-hosted deployment, with Ubuntu or Docker options.