There are different types of web hosting control panels are available to use on the servers to control the server, websites, files, DBs, etc. Some of them are paid and some are open-source panels. Here I am providing the details of some of the free open-source web hosting control panels and their installation steps.
CWP is one of the widely used control panels. It is having both free and paid versions(CWP Pro) are available. The free version can handle most of the basic hosting needs of a customer. As the name indicates, it only works with Centos operating system. The installation process is pretty straight forward and the steps are provided here.
2. Vesta Panel
The Vesta panel is more simple compared to CWP but using older versions of PHP and MySQL by default. The upgrade options are not available from the panel and the manual upgrades are causing issues with the panel most of the time. But it is a good choice for beginners as it is having all the basic options coming by default. Vesta can be installed on any operating system. You can find the installation steps by clicking here.
3. Webmin Panel
Webmin is one of the popular Opensource web hosting control panels. It provides all the major web hosting-related features such as website management, FTP, DNS management, etc. Webmin can be installed on Ubuntu and Debian OS platforms. The GUI looks a bit old and tough to understand for beginners compared to the other panels. The installation steps can be found here.
4. CyberPanel
The CyberPanel is another open-source web hosting control panel. Comparing with the other panels, the major difference is the web server using with this one. There are 2 options, either to the OpenLiteSpeed which is the opensource version of the LiteSpeed web server and also we can select the LiteSpeed Enterprise if needed. The LiteSpeed provides better performance compared to the other web servers, so this will be a good choice as well. The installation steps can be found here.
- Centos Web Panel
CWP is one of the widely used control panels. It is having both free and paid versions(CWP Pro) are available. The free version can handle most of the basic hosting needs of a customer. As the name indicates, it only works with Centos operating system. The installation process is pretty straight forward and the steps are provided here.
2. Vesta Panel
The Vesta panel is more simple compared to CWP but using older versions of PHP and MySQL by default. The upgrade options are not available from the panel and the manual upgrades are causing issues with the panel most of the time. But it is a good choice for beginners as it is having all the basic options coming by default. Vesta can be installed on any operating system. You can find the installation steps by clicking here.
3. Webmin Panel
Webmin is one of the popular Opensource web hosting control panels. It provides all the major web hosting-related features such as website management, FTP, DNS management, etc. Webmin can be installed on Ubuntu and Debian OS platforms. The GUI looks a bit old and tough to understand for beginners compared to the other panels. The installation steps can be found here.
4. CyberPanel
The CyberPanel is another open-source web hosting control panel. Comparing with the other panels, the major difference is the web server using with this one. There are 2 options, either to the OpenLiteSpeed which is the opensource version of the LiteSpeed web server and also we can select the LiteSpeed Enterprise if needed. The LiteSpeed provides better performance compared to the other web servers, so this will be a good choice as well. The installation steps can be found here.
