Open source alternatives to cPanel

3 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what cPanel does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What cPanel does

Host websites and manage domainscore
Create and manage databasescore
Email accounts and mail settingscore
File manager and FTP accounts
SSL certificates
Backups and restores
One-click app installs like WordPress
DNS zone editing

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

Project	Covers	Stars	Commits, 12 weeks	Last release	Closed vs opened	Setup	License
1PanelWeb control panel for Linux servers, Docker and AI model deployments	Replaces it82%	37k+57	368	2 days ago	86%	Needs a server	GPL-3.0
Covers 2 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Email accounts and mail settings. Not shown: DNS zone editing.See the evidence Host websites and manage domainscoreYesone-click domain binding and SSL certificate configuration Create and manage databasescoreYesdatabase management Email accounts and mail settingscorePartly邮件服务 (4) File manager and FTP accountsYesfile management SSL certificatesYesSSL certificate configuration Backups and restoresYesSupports one-click backup and restoration One-click app installs like WordPressYesDeeply integrates with popular website builders like WordPress DNS zone editingNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
aaPanelWeb control panel for hosting LAMP and LNMP stacks with Docker and MySQL	Replaces it77%	3.1k	2	10 months ago	0%	Needs a server	Custom license
Covers all 3 core jobs. Partly: SSL certificates; Backups and restores; One-click app installs like WordPress. Not shown: DNS zone editing.See the evidence Host websites and manage domainscoreYesmanage the web server through web-based GUI Create and manage databasescoreYesMySQL, File Management Email accounts and mail settingscoreYesEasily manage your personal or company mail server File manager and FTP accountsYesMail Servers, FTP, MySQL, File Management SSL certificatesPartlyPricing SSL Backups and restoresPartlybackup and cloning of WordPress One-click app installs like WordPressPartlyone-click install LNMP/LAMP DNS zone editingNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.
webminWeb-based control panel for managing Unix servers	Covers one part64%	6.1k+8	547	54 days ago	100%	Needs a server	BSD-3-Clause
Covers 1 of 3 core jobs. Partly: Host websites and manage domains; Email accounts and mail settings; File manager and FTP accounts; SSL certificates; Backups and restores; One-click app installs like WordPress.See the evidence Host websites and manage domainscorePartlyweb-hosting control panel for Linux, and BSD systems Create and manage databasescoreYesApache HTTP Server, PHP, MySQL Email accounts and mail settingscorePartlymail settings restores File manager and FTP accountsPartlyProFTPD SFTP and TLS log rotation SSL certificatesPartlySSL certificate paths Backups and restoresPartlybackup restores One-click app installs like WordPressPartlyAdd Matomo web analytics installer to Virtualmin GPL DNS zone editingYesBIND DNS Server

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