A control panel allows the customers of a web hosting company to manage much of their own affairs. For example, the control panel allows the owner of a domain to create and manipulate email and ftp accounts. The customer gets to do things quicker and without having to pay the hosting company for stuff they could do themselves.

The two big non free control panals are [http://www.cpanel.net/ cpanel] and [http://www.swsoft.com/en/products/plesk/ plesk]

There are quite a few [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software software libre] panels:

AlternC

License

GPL

Packages

deb:yes rpm:no tarball:no

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.alternc.org Homepage] [http://demo.alternc.org/admin/ Demo] [http://www.alternc.org/doc.php.en docs]

Install requires:

apache, Linux, mysql (?)

Servers managed

apache, bind, courier, postfix,mysql, mailman

customers can:

add/remove email accounts, change dns, create databases (??)

hosting company can:

as above, add/remove customers (??)

Short notes

much of documentation is french only

ASM (Account Services Manager)

License

GPL

Packages

deb:no rpm:yes tarball:yes

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.acctmgr.com/ Homepage] [http://www.acctmgr.com/install.php docs]

Install requires:

Linux

Servers managed

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

current version is .94 Expected Release of .95 is February 14, 2002

Baifox

License

GPL

Packages

deb:no rpm:no tarball:yes

multi-server support

Links

[http://baifox.berlios.de/ Homepage] [http://baifox.berlios.de/index.php?pag=install docs]

servers managed

apache

Install requires

Linux

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

requires PHP, and apache (1.3 recommended) Current release is of Baifox is: 0.8.6.1

DTC (Domain Technologie Control)

License

GPL

Packages

deb:yes rpm:no tarball:no

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc.html Homepage] [http://node6501.gplhost.com/dtcdemo/ demo] [http://www.gplhost.com/old_stuff/index.php?rub=softwares&sousrub=dtcdoc docs]

servers managed

apache, postfix, qmail, dovecot, courier [http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc_3softcompatibility.html Full Compatibility List]

Install requires

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Freeside

License

GPL

Packages

[http://www.sisd.com/freeside/freeside-1.5.8.tar.gz tarball]

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.sisd.com/freeside Homepage] [http://wavetail.420.am:81/freeside/docs/ docs] [http://www.sisd.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page Freeside Internal Wiki]

servers managed

vpopmail, dovecot, Courier SQL, Cyrus, Communigate Pro, Critical Path, ?InfoStreet, Top Email, Everyone.net, PostgreSQL 7.x/8.x

Install requires

Linux/Unix

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

[http://www.sisd.com/pipermail/freeside-users/2006-May/005134.html May 22 2006: 1.5.8 released ] *MySql currently not supported*

Fusion

License

GPL

Packages

Not available yet

multi-server support

Links

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/fusioncp/ Homepage ]

servers managed

Install requires

Multiplatform (Linux)

customers can:

hosting company can:

short notes

ajax

GNU Hosting Helper

License

GPL

Packages

deb:no rpm:yes tarball:yes

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.hostingsoftware.net/ Homepage] [http://www.hostingsoftware.net/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=53&MMN_position=61:61 Demo] [http://www.hostingsoftware.net/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=34&MMN_position=39:39 Installation docs] [http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=102567 Mailing Lists for Support]

servers managed

Apache 1.3x, 2x Sendmail, Postfix, Postfix/MySQL VMS, Most FPTD's, BIND 8x & BIND 9x, MyDNS, MySQL 3x/4.0.x

Install requires

Linux/Unix

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Current Release of GNUHH: 2.04

host4net

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.host4net.us/ Homepage ] [http://www.host4net.us/documentation.htm docs]

servers managed

Install requires

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

not yet released

Interworx

License

hard to tell

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.interworx.com/ Homepage] [http://www.interworx.com/support/docs/iworx-cp/ interwox-cp docs] [http://www.interworx.com/products/iworx-cp/demo demo]

servers managed

Install requires

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

ISPConfig

License:

BSD

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.ispconfig.org Homepage] [http://www.ispconfig.org/documentation.htm ISPConfig docs]

servers managed

Install requires

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

ISPMan

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.ispman.net/ Homepage] [http://www.ispman.net/content/48/32/ ISPMan docs] [http://www.azxws.com/ispman/index.html 3rd party docs] updated on April 26, 2004

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

OpenHSP

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.openhsp.org/ Homepage] [http://www.openhsp.org/node/3 Future Documentation Page]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

QmailAdmin

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmailadmin/ ?QmailAdmin ] [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/qmailadmin/qmailadmin-help-1.0.8.tar.gz?download Help Documents tarball]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Qmail is a Web control panel for the administration of qmail/vpopmail-based POP, IMAP, LDAP, or Web mail accounts, forwarding, aliases, autoresponders, and mailing lists

RAQDevil

license

[http://www.raqdevil.com/license.html claims to be BSD like]

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.raqdevil.com/ Homepage] [http://www.raqdevil.com/install.html docs]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

short notes

Based on Sun Cobolt runs on BSD and Fedoroa

Ravencore

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.ravencore.com/ Homepage] [http://www.ravencore.com/demo.php demo ] [http://www.ravencore.com/ docs]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Syscp

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.syscp.de/ Homepage] [http://www.syscp.de/ Syscp Documentation] [http://demo.syscp.org/ demo ]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Tequila

License

hard to tell

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.holgilein.de/coolprox/tequila/tequila_en.html Homepage]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Usermin

License

BSD

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.webmin.com/uintro.html Homepage] [http://www.webmin.com/index2.html docs]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

VHCS

License

[http://www.vhcs.net/vhcs/en/download/license.php Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL 1.1)]

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.vhcs.net/ Homepage] [http://www.vhcs.net/new/modules/wfchannel/index.php?pagenum=7 demo] [http://vhcs.net/new/modules/phpwiki/ docs] [http://debianhelp.co.uk/vhcs.htm config from source] [http://debianhelp.co.uk/vhcsdeb.htm config from apt-get]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

vhost

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://chaogic.com/vhost/ vhost] [http://chaogic.com/vhost/documents docs] [http://chaogic.com/vhost/demo.php demo]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Virtualmin

License

dual: closed & GPL

Packages

deb:yes rpm:no tarball:no

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.virtualmin.com/ Homepage] [http://www.virtualmin.com/support/documentation/ docs] [http://www.virtualmin.com/demo demo]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

apt-cache show webmin-virtual-server

Web-CP

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.web-cp.net/ Homepage] [http://www.web-cp.net/manual/ docs] [http://www.web-cp.net/demo.php demo]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Webmin

License

BSD

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://www.webmin.com/ Homepage] [http://www.webmin.com/index2.html docs]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

Short notes

Zpanel

License

GPL

Packages

multi-server support

Links

[http://thezpanel.com Homepage ] [http://www.thezpanel.com/forums/ Zpanel Support Forum] [http://production.zee-way.com/ demo?]

servers managed

Install requires:

customers can:

hosting company can:

short notes

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Credits/Sources

[http://www.gplhost.com/software-dtc_9competitors.html GPLHost.com] , [http://lists.debian.org/debian-isp/2006/01/msg00158.html Debian-ISP ] , ,[http://www.google.com/search?hs=vmd&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial&q=GPL+control+panel+host&btnG=Search Google]