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License and Operating system support

Free/Libre Control Panels

Control panelLicenceFreeOpen SourceAlive (last release)BSDLinuxWindowsFrontendBackendPlugin SupportVCSIPV6 SupportMultiserver Support
Aegir LGPL Yes Yes 2013/07/22 Yes Yes No PHP, AJAX PHP,MySQL/MariaDB  ?  ?  ?  ?
Ajenti[1] LGPL Yes Yes 2013/1/2 FreeBSD 8.0+ Yes No Python Python Yes   Yes No
Baifox GPL [2] Yes Yes [3] 2009/04/19 No Yes No PHP PHP, SQLite  ?    ?  ?
Domain Technologie Control GNU LGPL Yes Yes 2013/04/04 Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP  ?  ? git No[4]  ?
Gnupanel GPL Yes Yes 2012/03/21 No Yes No PHP PHP, PgSQL  ?    ?  ?
i-MSCP GPL Yes Yes 2013/01/07 Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP Perl Yes   Yes No
ISPConfig BSD Yes Yes 2013/02/22 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes   Yes Yes
ispCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/11/24 Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP Perl No   No No
Kloxo (formerly named Lxadmin) AGPL Yes Yes 2011/11/13 No CentOS (6 not currently supported) or Red Hat EL 5.x [5] No PHP PHP, MySQL No   No Yes
OpenPanel[6] GPL, Plugin API LGPL[7] Yes [8] Yes [9] 2013/02/20 Planned[10] Debian [11] Planned [12] C++, AJAX Core: C++, Modules: Any language Yes [13] Mercurial Partial [14] Planned [15]
SysCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/05/11 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes   Yes No
Froxlor GPL Yes Yes 2012/05/07 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes   Yes Partial
Usermin BSD style Yes Yes 2012/09/22 Yes Yes No Perl Perl  ? tarball  ?  ?
Virtualmin GPL Yes Yes 2012/08/23 Yes[16] Yes No Perl Perl Yes tarball Yes Partial[17]
Webmin BSD style Yes Yes 2013/02/03 Yes Yes Partial Perl Perl Yes tarball Yes Yes
WebsitePanel[18] BSD style Yes Yes 2012/11/28 No No Yes ASP.NET ASP.NET, MSSQL No   Yes Yes
ZPanel[19] GPL Yes Yes 2013/01/01 Yes Yes Yes PHP PHP, MySQL Yes   Yes No
Webuzo[20] EULA[21] Yes No 2013/07/01 No Yes No PHP PHP No   Yes No

Proprietary Control Panels

Control panelLicenceFreeOpen SourceAlive (last release)BSDLinuxWindowsFrontendBackendPlugin SupportIPV6 SupportMultiserver Support
cPanel Proprietary No No 2013/07/09 FreeBSD Yes Yes (Enkompass) Perl Perl Yes No Yes
Plesk Proprietary No No 2012/11/29 No Yes Yes PHP PHP/MySQL  ? Yes  ?
DirectAdmin Proprietary No No 2012/11/27 Yes Yes No C++ C++, scripts,PHP Yes Partial  ?
H-Sphere Proprietary No No 2012/12/11 Yes Yes Yes Java Java Yes  ? Yes
HDE Controller X Proprietary No No 2011/11/01 No Yes No PHP PHP  ? Yes Yes
XO Panel Proprietary No No 2013/05/18 Yes Yes Yes (Beta) PHP C/C++ Yes Yes Yes
Hosting Controller Proprietary No No 2011/09/05 No Yes Yes .NET MSSQL Yes No Yes
InterWorx Proprietary No No 2013/04/12 No Yes No PHP PHP,MySQL Yes Yes Yes
ISPmanager Proprietary No No 2012/06/19 Yes Yes Yes  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes
Server Management Tool Proprietary No No 2012/09/1 No Yes No PHP, Perl PHP, Perl No No Yes
ServerPilot Proprietary No No SaaS No Yes No Backbone.js,CoffeeScript Python, Go No Yes Yes
Virtualmin Pro Proprietary No No 2012/08/23 Yes[22] Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial[23]

Remote access

Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell (SSH).

Control panelFTPAnonymous FTPTerminalFile Browse/Upload/Download using HTTP frontend
Baifox Yes (only Pureftpd) [24]  ?  ?  ?
cPanel Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
DirectAdmin Yes Yes SSH Yes
Domain Technologie Control Yes  ? SSH Yes
Gnupanel  ?  ? SSH  ?
H-Sphere Yes Yes SSH Yes
HDE Controller X Yes Yes SSH Yes
Hosting Controller Yes  ?  ? Yes
i-MSCP Yes No No Yes
InterWorx Yes Yes SSH Yes
ISPConfig Yes Yes SSH Yes
ispCP Yes No No Yes
ISPmanager Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Kloxo Yes Yes Java Applet Yes
OpenPanel Yes [25] Planned [26] SSH [27] Planned [28]
Plesk Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
SysCP Yes No No Yes
Froxlor Yes Partial Partial Yes
Usermin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Virtualmin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
Webmin Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes
ZPanel Yes Yes SSH Template:Installable by third party module

Email management[edit source | editbeta]

While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.

Control panelAntivirusAntispamForwardersMailbox quotaDomainKeysDKIM
Baifox no  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
cPanel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DirectAdmin Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Domain Technologie Control Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Gnupanel  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
H-Sphere Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
HDE Controller X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hosting Controller Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
i-MSCP Optional Optional Yes Optional No No
InterWorx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ISPConfig Yes Yes Yes Yes Possible Yes
ispCP Optional Optional Yes No No No
ISPmanager Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenPanel Planned [29] Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned
Plesk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SysCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (broken [30])
Froxlor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Usermin Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Virtualmin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Webmin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ZPanel No No Yes Yes No No

Third party modules

Web hosting packages often provide easy means of installing web services onto the server. Packaging services allow the control panel to fetch a list of installable modules from the internet, whilst hard-coded methods require that the control panel is updated to add new modules.

Control panelThird Party Module Installation MethodsModules Available
  Subscription Service Free service Allows Upgrades Shopping cart Bulletin board Gallery Chat Guestbook
Baifox  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
cPanel  ? Partial  ? Agora phpBB Coppermine° phpMyChat Yes
DirectAdmin  ?  ?  ? No° No° No° No° No°
MachPanel Control Panel  ? Yes Yes Numerous Options Numerous Options Numerous Options  ?  ?
Domain Technologie Control  ? Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Gnupanel  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
H-Sphere  ?  ?  ? Miva,osCommerce,PrestaShop phpBB, AEF,PunBB, SMF Gallery, Piwigo WebChat Extropia, Advanced Guestbook, phpBook, BellaBook,VX Guestbook, Lazarus, RicarGBooK
HDE Controller X  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Hosting Controller  ? Yes Yes Numerous Options Numerous Options Numerous Options  ?  ?
i-MSCP No Yes Yes No No No No No
InterWorx  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
ISPConfig No Yes Yes Non-free No No No No
ispCP No Yes Yes No No No No No
ISPmanager Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OpenPanel No Planned (APS) [31] Planned (APS) [32] Planned via APS[33] [34] Planned via APS[35] [36] Planned via APS[37] [38] Planned via APS[39] [40] Planned via APS [41] [42]
Plesk Yes Via APS Yes Miva, X-Cart,osCommerce phpBB Coppermine gtchat, CSLH Advanced Guestbook
SysCP No Via APS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Froxlor No Via APS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Usermin Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Virtualmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes Yes Numerous Options[43] Numerous Options [44] Numerous Options [45] No Numerous Options [46]
Webmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No

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