Backed by over 36,000 GitHub stars and 120 contributors with 123 releases since 2022, 1Panel has rapidly become the go-to open-source alternative to cPanel and Plesk for modern Linux server management. The platform delivers a clean Vue.js dashboard powered by a Go backend using the Gin framework, providing visual management of Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes without touching the command line. Its curated app marketplace offers one-click installation of 165+ trusted open-source applications including Nextcloud, Bitwarden, Umami analytics, WordPress, and NocoBase, each running in isolated containers for maximum security. Native AI capabilities set 1Panel apart from every competing panel: deploy Ollama LLMs directly from the dashboard, spin up OpenClaw personal agents, monitor GPU utilization, and manage AI models through a unified interface. Website management includes automatic domain binding, Let's Encrypt SSL certificate provisioning, and Nginx configuration with zero manual setup. Security runs deep with built-in firewall rules, fail2ban integration, container isolation, WAF protection, and comprehensive audit logging enabled from day one. Automated backups support AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and local storage with one-click restore from any snapshot. The panel supports Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Rocky Linux across x86_64, aarch64, armv7l, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Built for self-hosted server deployments, Laranode transforms bare Linux installations into multi-tenant web hosting platforms with automated Let's Encrypt certificates and isolated PHP environments without recurring license fees. System administrators can provision isolated user accounts with dedicated document roots, configure custom domains, and deploy SSL certificates across all active websites in seconds. The integrated PHP manager enables per-site runtime isolation from legacy PHP 7.4 through cutting-edge PHP 8.5 releases, preventing version conflicts between separate production web applications. Operators can create MySQL databases, manage database users, inspect active connections, and adjust UFW firewall port access directly from the visual dashboard. An integrated browser-based file manager lets developers browse directories, edit configuration files, extract compressed archives, and modify file permissions without external FTP tools. Real-time telemetry monitors CPU utilization, memory consumption, disk capacity, and network traffic over customizable historical timeframes to catch bottlenecks early. Automated backup routines archive full accounts, individual websites, or specific databases to local storage, remote SFTP servers, or S3-compatible cloud object stores with point-in-time recovery verification. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Skip the shell and the configuration file: Webmin handles user accounts, disk quotas, services, and server software on Linux and Unix machines from a browser tab. More than 100 standard modules sit under seven menus: Webmin, System, Servers, Tools, Networking, Hardware, and Cluster. System covers Users and Groups, Scheduled Cron Jobs, Running Processes, System Logs, Log File Rotation, Disk Quotas, Filesystem Backup, and systemd Bootup and Shutdown, plus Software Package Updates, which can hold selected packages on APT and DNF systems. Servers edits Apache, Nginx, BIND DNS, Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL and MariaDB, and PostgreSQL through forms. Networking brings an nftables firewall editor, Fail2Ban jails, and IPsec VPN settings. Tools adds File Manager, Custom Commands, and a Terminal that opens right in the browser. Hardware lists firmware, PCI, USB, storage, and sensor details. The dashboard keeps live CPU, memory, and disk gauges, stats history graphs, and a pending updates alert in view. Webmin Users limits each account to the modules it needs, while two-factor authentication, IP access control, and SSL settings guard the panel itself. Cluster modules reach other hosts registered in the Webmin Servers Index and run cron jobs, shell commands, and package installs on many servers at once. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-3-Clause licensed.

ServerKit delivers a server control panel that fits on a small VPS while managing everything from Docker containers to mail servers. The Python/Flask backend exposes 1,519 REST endpoints across 107 blueprints with full OpenAPI documentation at /api/v1/docs, while the React frontend spans 65 screens in a 1.75MB gzipped bundle served entirely from your own infrastructure. Docker management includes full container lifecycle control, Docker Compose project orchestration, real-time log streaming, and terminal access. Database panels cover MySQL/MariaDB and PostgreSQL with user management, browser-based query consoles, and automated backups to S3, Backblaze B2, or local storage. Nginx virtual host management automates Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning with hardened TLS 1.2+ configurations and Cloudflare-aware setups. The Go-based cross-platform agent enables multi-server fleet management with HMAC-SHA256 authentication over a WebSocket gateway, supporting Linux, Windows, and macOS across amd64 and ARM64 architectures. Fleet monitoring provides cross-server heatmaps, metric comparison charts, alert thresholds, anomaly detection, and capacity forecasting. A built-in marketplace distributes 106 one-click application templates using a declarative YAML schema with Docker Compose stacks. The extension system allows community plugins for Kubernetes management, Redis browsers, and WordPress site orchestration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Created in March 2026 and rapidly gaining traction in self-hosting communities, DockPanel delivers the most feature-dense free server panel available — 811 API endpoints, 153 one-click Docker app templates across 14 categories, and full multi-server management, all running on three Rust binaries consuming under 50MB of combined RAM. The panel handles the complete server lifecycle: sites with automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases in Docker containers, Git push-to-deploy using Nixpacks for automatic language detection without Dockerfiles, blue-green zero-downtime deployments with automatic rollback on failed health checks, DNS management, mail servers, monitoring dashboards, and encrypted backups to S3, SFTP, Backblaze B2, or Google Cloud Storage. Security receives production-grade attention with per-image CVE scanning that gates deployments, a built-in WAF, passkey authentication alongside Argon2 password hashing, HttpOnly JWT sessions with blacklist-on-logout, rate limiting on auth endpoints, and fail2ban integration — all verified through an 18-vulnerability pentest with zero remaining issues. Infrastructure as Code support exports your entire server configuration to YAML, and the developer CLI provides status, diagnose, and export commands for automation. GPU passthrough enables AI workload hosting, reseller accounts support white-label branding for agencies, and ARM64 compatibility covers Raspberry Pi and Oracle Cloud free-tier deployments. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

VitoDeploy replaces a pile of SSH sessions and shell scripts with one browser tab for provisioning servers and deploying websites, on a control panel you host yourself. Spin up a server on AWS, Akamai (Linode), DigitalOcean, Vultr, Hetzner, or Proxmox in a few clicks. Attach any Ubuntu machine you already own as a custom server. Add sites built with PHP, Laravel, or WordPress, or run Node.js and Bun apps behind a reverse proxy. Pull code from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or Bitbucket. Set environment variables and HTTP basic authentication. Issue Let's Encrypt, wildcard, or custom SSL certificates. Create MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL databases, manage their users, and send backups to Amazon S3, Wasabi, FTP, SFTP, Dropbox, or local disk. Manage firewall rules, cron jobs, Supervisor workers, Redis, and multiple PHP versions from the same screens. Watch CPU, memory, and disk use for each server, then open a live SSH shell without leaving the page. Agencies split clients into projects, invite teammates as Admins or Users, and send alerts to Slack, Discord, Telegram, or email. Workflows automate deployments, backups, and maintenance. Plugins, DNS record management, export and import of your setup, and a REST API round out the toolkit. The panel itself needs only 1 GB of RAM and 1 CPU core, then manages your other machines over SSH. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Cockpit puts Linux server administration in a web browser, rendering storage, networking, containers, and virtual machines as visual panels you click through instead of command-line syntax you memorize. It ships in every major Linux distribution and activates through systemd socket activation, consuming zero resources until someone connects on port 9090. What makes it different from other admin panels: every change through the web interface appears instantly at the command line, and every terminal change reflects in the browser in real time. No abstraction layer sits between the UI and the operating system, which means no configuration drift. Storage management covers disk partitioning, RAID arrays, LUKS encryption, LVM volumes, and NFS shares. Network configuration handles bonds, bridges, VLANs, and firewall zones through visual editors. Native Podman integration pulls images, creates containers, manages pods, and provides terminal access into running processes. KVM/libvirt support handles VM creation, cloning, snapshots, and live migration with console access. A built-in terminal provides shell access when the web interface is not enough, and the journal viewer filters systemd logs by severity and unit. Multi-server management connects additional hosts over SSH, presenting a unified dashboard across your entire infrastructure from one browser tab. Runs on a dedicated RepoCloud VPS with full root SSH access and browser serial console. LGPL licensed.

With over 15,000 GitHub stars and nearly nine years of active development, CapRover is the self-hosted PaaS that replaces Heroku's pricing with your own infrastructure while keeping the deploy-and-forget simplicity. The web dashboard manages application lifecycle from deploy through scaling — configure custom domains, environment variables, persistent volumes, instance counts, and nginx templates without touching config files or SSH. The CLI tool enables scriptable deployments with a single command from your terminal or CI/CD pipeline, while webhook-based deployment triggers automated builds from Git pushes. The one-click app marketplace provides over 100 pre-configured services including WordPress, Ghost, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Grafana, Portainer, and dozens more, each deployed as a Docker container with volumes and environment variables preconfigured. Automatic HTTPS provisions and renews Let's Encrypt certificates for every custom domain with one-click HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects. Under the hood, Docker Swarm orchestrates containers across multiple nodes for horizontal scaling and load balancing, while nginx handles routing with fully customizable EJS-generated configuration templates per application. Deployment supports four methods: CLI push, tarball upload through the web UI, Docker image reference, and Git repository connection. The build system supports Dockerfiles, captain-definition files with build packs, and direct Docker image pulls. NetData integration provides real-time server monitoring dashboards. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache 2.0 licensed.

The open-source PaaS with 55,000+ GitHub stars and the largest one-click service catalog in its class — Coolify gives you the Vercel push-to-deploy workflow on a dedicated server you control. Connect a GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Gitea repository and every push builds and deploys automatically via Nixpacks, a Dockerfile, or Docker Compose, with Traefik or Caddy reverse proxying, automatic Let's Encrypt certificates, and per-branch preview deployments with their own URLs. Databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis — provision in a few clicks, and a catalog of 280+ one-click service templates covers WordPress, n8n, Grafana, MinIO, Plausible, Ollama, and more. One dashboard manages the entire server, with Docker Swarm available for clustering multiple nodes. Backups go to any S3-compatible storage with one-click restore, and a full API supports CI/CD integration. All configuration lives on your own server, so resources keep running even if you stop using Coolify — no vendor lock-in by design. Running on a dedicated VPS with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root access via SSH and browser console. Apache 2.0 licensed.

Your own Heroku or Vercel on a dedicated server — Dokploy is the open-source PaaS that replaces cloud platform subscriptions with a single dashboard you control. Point it at a Git repository or a Docker image, and it builds and deploys the application using Dockerfiles, Nixpacks, or Heroku/Paketo buildpacks. Traefik handles reverse proxying, routing, load balancing, automatic Let's Encrypt SSL, and HTTP/3. Databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, libsql, and Redis — provision from the UI with automated backups to any S3-compatible destination. Complex multi-service applications deploy through native Docker Compose support, and multi-node scaling uses Docker Swarm. The web dashboard covers environment variables, volumes, resource limits, real-time CPU/memory/network monitoring, and deployment logs, with a CLI and REST API for automation. Deploy notifications go to Slack, Discord, Telegram, or email. One-click templates install common open-source tools, and a single control plane can manage deployments across multiple remote servers. Because everything is standard Docker, there is no lock-in: Dockerfiles, Compose files, and data volumes work anywhere else Docker runs. The push-to-deploy workflow of a $20/seat cloud PaaS, running on a dedicated VPS with guaranteed CPU, RAM, SSD, and full root access — no per-app, per-environment, or per-seat fees regardless of how many applications you deploy. 26,000+ GitHub stars.

Host your own email, files, calendars, and passwords on a single server with YunoHost, a server operating system that puts every app behind one web admin and one shared login. Browse a catalog of more than 500 apps, such as Nextcloud, WordPress, and Vaultwarden, filter by quality level, and install in a few clicks, or paste a Git URL for a custom app. Each person signs in once at a portal that shows a tile for every app they may open, and apps with single sign-on skip their own login screen. Groups and per-app permissions control access, including public access for visitors, and the Admins group adds web admin, SSH, and sudo. A full mail stack handles incoming and outgoing email per domain with DKIM signing, and Let's Encrypt certificates renew automatically. The domain screen suggests the DNS records you need and can push them to a supported registrar's API, while free .nohost.me, .noho.st, and .ynh.fr subdomains configure themselves. Backups bundle system settings, mail data, and chosen apps into downloadable archives that can be restored selectively from the admin or the command line. Twice a day a built-in diagnosis checks DNS records, mail setup, and system resources, then emails the admins if anything needs attention, with a firewall editor and fail2ban protection alongside. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Runtipi makes any Linux server a personal app platform where installing services like Plex, Nextcloud, or Home Assistant takes a single click from a curated store of 265+ applications. With 9,500+ GitHub stars and 50 contributors, the React frontend backed by NestJS orchestrates Docker Compose projects for each installed app, automatically generating environment files, compose configurations, and Traefik reverse proxy labels for domain routing and SSL certificate provisioning via Let's Encrypt. The integrated Traefik reverse proxy handles all incoming traffic routing, HTTPS termination, and forward-auth protection for securing applications behind Runtipi's authentication layer without manual configuration. One-click updates notify administrators of new app versions and apply container image upgrades with automatic pre-update backup creation, while the restore feature rolls back application data to any saved snapshot. Custom app stores extend the ecosystem through Git repositories following the Runtipi app definition format, enabling organizations and communities to maintain private catalogs alongside the official store. The Docker Compose override system preserves user customizations across updates, allowing advanced modifications without losing changes. Architecture-aware filtering detects ARM64 or x86 platforms and displays only compatible applications. All apps deploy as standard Docker containers, and compose files can be exported for independent operation without lock-in. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

EveryOS gives the Linux server you already own a desktop it never had: open a browser and your machine greets you with windows you can move, snap, and stack, a dock, virtual desktops, widgets, and a launcher, all remembering exactly how you left them. Your files live in a private home with the usual folders, previews, a text editor, and a trash you can restore from, and plugging in a USB disk makes it appear on the desktop ready to mount. An app store installs self-hosted applications from catalogs and follows each deployment, later offering updates that keep your settings, rollbacks when one goes wrong, and backups of app data. The same workspace watches the machine itself: CPU, memory, disk, and network at a glance, systemd services and logs, available package updates, and a Docker view for containers and Compose projects. A real terminal opens in the browser under your own Linux account, Home Assistant arrives as a panel and desktop widgets with its tokens kept on the server, and an AI assistants app can find or install a local model server such as Ollama and chat with it privately. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Homeio turns a Linux box into a desktop you open in a browser tab, with draggable windows, a dock, a lock screen, and a command palette sitting on top of your Docker apps, files, and disks. The App Store installs Docker Compose stacks from the CasaOS catalog or your own store sources, and each app's ports, volumes, environment variables, and compose file stay editable before and after install. Containers you started elsewhere still appear with live CPU and memory stats, streaming logs with keyword filters, and one-click restarts. The file manager uploads with progress, previews images, audio, video, and PDFs, edits text in a built-in code editor, mounts USB drives and SMB shares, and shares folders over Samba. A real login shell lives in the Terminal window, with exec access into any container, so routine fixes never need a separate SSH client. Cron-style scheduled tasks restart apps, pull images, or run backups on a timer, and scheduled archives of the database, files, and compose stacks restore from the same interface. Tailscale puts the whole desktop on your private network, while Cloudflare Tunnel can publish a single app on a public hostname with its DNS record created for you. Live metrics stream to widgets and the status bar, and notifications flag crashed containers, filling disks, and failed tasks. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Komodo puts every server, container, and deployment pipeline behind a single dashboard where you build, ship, and monitor Docker workloads across unlimited hosts. Lightweight stateless agents install on each connected server and report CPU, memory, and disk metrics back to the Rust-powered core, giving you real-time visibility without heavyweight monitoring stacks. Docker Compose stacks deploy directly from the UI or link to Git repositories with webhook-triggered automatic redeploys on push. A built-in CI pipeline compiles versioned Docker images from source, with optional AWS spot instances for burst build capacity. For orchestration at scale, Docker Swarm management handles node configuration, service deployment, and multi-node stack orchestration from the same control plane. Browser terminal sessions open persistent named shells on servers and inside containers, complete with shared team access and scriptable Actions that chain executions into multi-stage procedures. Infrastructure-as-code support defines all resources declaratively in TOML files within a Git repository, keeping production state version-controlled and auditable. Granular role-based access control with user groups, per-resource permissions, and OAuth through GitHub and Google keeps teams operating within defined boundaries. A full OpenAPI specification, dedicated CLI, and typesafe client libraries for Rust and TypeScript make programmatic integration straightforward. With 12,000+ stars and active development, the community continues expanding multi-architecture builds and Swarm tooling.