SolidCP is a free, open-source Windows hosting control panel descended from Microsoft's discontinued WebsitePanel. One panel manages multiple servers, covering websites, DNS, email, and databases, with the latest stable release 1.5.1 from December 2024.
i-MSCP is a free, open-source hosting control panel led by French developers, letting one panel manage web, mail, DNS and database servers with PHP 5.6 to 8.x support. With no license fees, it suits budget-conscious small hosters and self-hosted environments.
Enhance is a next-generation cloud-native hosting control panel built by the cPanel founding team, using a Kubernetes microservices architecture to manage multiple servers, websites, email, and DNS, with a built-in free cPanel migration tool.
Virtualmin is an open-source virtual hosting control panel built on Webmin, created by Jamie Cameron in 2005, managing 1M+ domains with a fully featured free GPL edition and Professional from $7.50/month, an open-source alternative to cPanel.
VestaCP is an open-source lightweight hosting control panel created in 2012 under GPLv3, running on as little as 256MB RAM and bundling Nginx+Apache, DNS, mail and database management for low-spec VPS hosting.
ISPConfig is an open-source Linux hosting control panel created in 2005 by German developers Till Brehm and others, released free under the BSD license. It offers multi-server management with web, DNS, mail, and database administration in one console, a cost-effective open alternative to cPanel and Plesk.
HestiaCP is a free, open-source web hosting control panel forked from VestaCP in 2019, supporting PHP 5.6-8.3, Nginx + Apache dual engines and 50+ cloud storage backups. Lightweight and low-footprint, it suits individuals and small hosters building hosting environments on VPS.
Froxlor is an open-source hosting control panel released in 2009 under LGPL, lightweight enough to run on a 256MB VPS, supporting Nginx/Apache, per-domain PHP management, and automatic Let's Encrypt SSL as a free server management option.
Sentora is a free, open-source (GPLv3) web hosting control panel, a community fork of ZPanel that manages websites, databases, DNS, and email for multiple clients from a single installation - a zero-cost option for self-hosted shared hosting.