The Best Open Source cPanel AlternativesTop Server Management Tools & Web Hosting Services like cPanel

The best open source alternative to cPanel is Webmin. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to cPanel and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to cPanel are Vesta Control Panel, 1Panel, Ajenti and ISPConfig.

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  1. Webmin icon
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    Web-based admin interface for Unix-like and Windows systems provides modules for user, service, and network configuration, open source application management, security, backups, monitoring, automation, remote access, and firewall controls.

    77 Webmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  2. Simple Hosting Control Panel

    Vesta is an open source Hosting Control Panel that is free to use under GPLv3. It provides an easy to use control panel that allows the management of websites, DNS, mail, backups, and more!.

    48 Vesta Control Panel alternatives

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  3. 1Panel icon
     25 likes

    Open-source interface for efficient Linux server management, featuring host monitoring, file management, and database control. Streamlines WordPress deployment with domain and SSL setup. Offers app store, security features, backup, and restore.

    67 1Panel alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Ajenti icon
     130 likes

    Ajenti is a Linux & BSD modular server admin panel. Ajenti 2 provides a new interface and a better architecture, developed with Python3 and AngularJS.

    59 Ajenti alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. ISPConfig icon
     43 likes

    ISPConfig 3 is an open source hosting control panel for Linux. ISPconfig 3 is capable of managing multiple servers from one control panel. ISPConfig is licensed under BSD license.

    42 ISPConfig alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. StartOS icon
     28 likes

    StartOS is a browser-based, graphical operating system for a personal server that facilitates the discovery, installation, configuration, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.

    18 StartOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Cockpit Project icon
     41 likes

    Makes it easy to administer Linux servers via a web browser. It allows you to easily perform simple tasks like storage administration, inspecting journals, starting & stopping services, monitoring & administering several servers at once.

    36 Cockpit Project alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. HestiaCP icon
     27 likes

    Hestia Control Panel is an open source web server control panel with an easy-to-use interface as a lightweight alternative to cPanel, Plesk, etc. Hestia It's also the continuation of the development of Vesta Control Panel.

    32 HestiaCP alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  9. aaPanel icon
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    aaPanel provides the one-click function such as one-click install LNMP/LAMP developing environment and software. Our main goal is helping users to save the time of deploying, thus users just focus on their own project that is fine.

    25 aaPanel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Sentora icon
     32 likes

    Sentora is an open-source web hosting control panel built specifically to work on a variety of Linux distributions. Sentora is licensed under the GPL and is a separately maintained fork of the original ZPanel project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  11. The most simple, powerful and beautiful host management panel, an open source alternative to OpenResty Edge, allows you to easily secure reverse proxy websites running at home or on the Internet, including access control, denial of service attack protection, automatic...

    47 OpenResty Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Virtualmin icon
     34 likes

    Virtualmin is a powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Available in an open-source community-supported version, and a more feature-filled version with premium support, Virtualmin is the cost-effective and comprehensive solution to virtual web...

    43 Virtualmin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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