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Top 10 Free and Open-Source Web Hosting Control Panels for Linux or Windows With Demos

Submitted by ingram on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 10:45pm
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With the high cost and lock-ins of popular web hosting control panels such as cPanel [1] and Plesk [2], many people seek open-source alternatives. Being open-source, these control panels can be modified and tailored to your specific needs. Many of them also have comparable features to their proprietary counterparts. Below is a feature comparison chart for the 10 best open-source web hosting control panels of my choosing. My rankings are based on personal experience, usability, and features. There is also a brief description, screenshots, and link to a demo (if available) below. While there are many different types of open-source control panels, this article focuses primarily on control panels designed for web hosting. I hope this helps some of you with your decision of which control panel to use. If there are any other open-source or free web hosting control panels that you think are worth mentioning, leave a comment, and I will make sure to give it an honorable mention:

 

 
Linux
Windows
Email
SSH
Biling
Client Portal
Active
ISPConfig
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kloxo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OpenPanel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ZPanel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GNUPanel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EHCP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ispCP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VHCS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GPLHost DTC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RavenCore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

1.  ISPConfig [3] - One of the most popular hosting panels for Linux. Has the most features and great community support. Runs on most major Linux distributions, including: Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, and OpenSuSE.

   Demo    [4] - Username: admin Password: demo

ISPConfig Screenshot

 

 2.  Kloxo  [5] - A fully featured project that is actively maintained. It's noted for it's sleek interface. Only runs on CentOS or RHEL.

Demo [6]

kloxo

 

3.  OpenPanel [7] - An actively maintained project for Linux, packed full of features. Has a great looking and easy to navigate interface. Also has a CLI, which can do most things the web interface can.

OpenPanelGUI7

 

4.   ZPanel  [8] - A maintained project with plenty of features. The only one in this list that is designed for Linux and Windows.

Demo [9] - Username: zadmin Password: password

ZPanel

 

5.  GNUPanel  [10] - An active project with many features. Even though the name implies it is a member of the GNU Project [11], it currently is not. However, that is one of the goals of GNUPanel. To help them achieve this goal, please visit their homepage [10] and contribute with a donation

 Demo  [12]

GNUPanel

 

6.    EHCP   [13] - Easy Hosting Control Panel is also an actively maintained project. It runs on Debian or Debian based distros (such as Ubuntu).

Demo [14] - Username: domain.com Password: 1234

ehcp

 

  [15]

7.     [16]i   [16]spCP - A great panel with lots of features. The project is actively maintained. The project is based off and includes developers from the now unmaintained VHCS panel.

ispCP

 

8.  VHCS  [15] - Full of features. A great project, yet no longer maintained.

vhcs

 

9.    GPLHost DTC   [17] - A well featured project that has some interesting features. The interface could use some design updates.

GPLHost DTC

 

10.  RavenCore [18] - No longer updated, but it has some features that make it worth while. Very lightweight and designed with security in mind.

RavenCore

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Links:
[1] http://cpanel.net/
[2] http://www.parallels.com/products/plesk/
[3] http://www.ispconfig.org/
[4] http://demo3.ispconfig.org/
[5] http://lxcenter.org/software/kloxo
[6] http://demo.kloxo.com:7778/
[7] http://www.openpanel.com/
[8] http://www.zpanelcp.com/
[9] http://176.31.61.204/
[10] http://gnupanel.org/
[11] http://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html
[12] http://en.demo.gnupanel.org/
[13] http://www.ehcp.net/
[14] http://208.68.164.210/ehcpdemo/
[15] http://www.vhcs.net/
[16] http://isp-control.net/
[17] http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc.html
[18] http://sourceforge.net/projects/ravencore/