- Comparison of web hosting control panels
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.
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Licence and Operating system support
Control panel Licence Free Open Source Alive (last release) BSD Linux Windows Frontend Backend Plugin Support IPV6 Support Multiserver Support Baifox GPL [1] Yes Yes [2] 2009/04/19 No Yes No PHP PHP, SQLite ? ? ? cPanel Proprietary No No 2011/09/10 Yes Yes Partial / Beta Perl Perl Yes ? ? DirectAdmin Proprietary No No 2011/09/01 Yes Yes No C++ C++, scripts, PHP Yes Partial ? Domain Technologie Control GNU LGPL Yes Yes 2010/09/?? Limited FreeBSD support Yes No PHP ? ? No[3] ? Gnupanel GPL Yes Yes 2009/12/07 No Yes No PHP PHP ? ? ? H-Sphere Proprietary No No 2011/05/25 Yes Yes Yes Java Java Yes ? Yes HDE Controller X Proprietary No No 2011/11/01 No Yes No PHP PHP ? Yes Yes Hosting Controller Proprietary No No 2011/09/05 No Yes Yes .NET MSSQL Yes No ? i-MSCP GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/25 No Yes No PHP Perl Yes Yes No InterWorx Proprietary No No 2011/11/07 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes ? Yes ISPConfig BSD Yes Yes 2011/11/02 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Partial Yes ispCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/11/24 Yes Yes No PHP Perl No No No Kloxo (formerly named Lxadmin) AGPL Yes Yes 2011/11/13 No Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL ? ? Yes OpenPanel GPL, Plugin API LGPL [4] Yes [5] Yes [6] 2011/07/08 Planned [7] Debian [8] Planned [9] C++, AJAX Core: C++, Modules: Any language Yes [10] Partial [11] Planned [12] Plesk Proprietary No No 2011/07/?? Yes Yes Yes PHP PHP/MySQL ? Yes ? SysCP GPL Yes Yes 2010/05/11 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes No Froxlor GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/31 Yes Yes No PHP PHP, MySQL Yes Yes Partial Usermin BSD style Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Virtualmin GPL Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes[13] Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial[14] Virtualmin Pro Proprietary No No 2011/10/02 Yes[15] Yes No Perl Perl Yes Yes Partial[16] Webmin BSD style Yes Yes 2011/10/02 Yes Yes Partial Perl Perl Yes Yes Yes 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 panel FTP Anonymous FTP Terminal File Browse/Upload/Download using HTTP frontend Baifox ? ? ? ? cPanel Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes DirectAdmin Yes Yes SSH Yes Domain Technologie Control Yes ? SSH Yes EHCP Yes Supported 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 Kloxo Yes Yes Java Applet Yes OpenPanel Yes [17] Planned [18] SSH [19] Planned [20] Plesk Yes Yes SSH, Java Applet Yes SysCP Yes No No Yes Froxlor Yes No No 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 Email management
While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.
Control panel Antivirus Antispam Forwarders Mailbox quota DomainKeys DKIM Baifox ? ? ? ? ? ? cPanel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DirectAdmin Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Domain Technologie Control Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes EHCP Supported Supported Yes Yes Supported Supported 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 Yes No No InterWorx Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No[21] ISPConfig Yes Yes Yes Yes Possible Yes ispCP ? Optional Yes ? ? No Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OpenPanel Planned [22] Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned Plesk Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No SysCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (broken[23]) Froxlor Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Usermin Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Virtualmin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Virtualmin Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Webmin Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes 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 panel Third Party Module Installation Methods Modules Available Subscription Service Free service Allows Upgrades Shopping cart Bulletin board Gallery Chat Guestbook Baifox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? cPanel ? No ? Agora phpBB No° phpMyChat Yes DirectAdmin ? ? ? No° No° No° No° No° Domain Technologie Control ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? EHCP No Yes Manual Yes Yes Yes Yes Supported 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 No No No No No ispCP No Yes Yes No No No No No Kloxo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OpenPanel No Planned (APS) [24] Planned (APS) [25] Planned via APS [26] [27] Planned via APS [28] [29] Planned via APS [30] [31] Planned via APS [32] [33] Planned via APS [34] [35] Plesk ? Via APS Yes Miva phpBB Coppermine gtchat, CSLH No° 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[36] Numerous Options[37] Numerous Options[38] No Numerous Options[39] Webmin Yes Yes Yes No No No No No ° Available through third-party script-installer plugin Installatron.
Supported Backends
Control panel Web server FTP server Receive mail Send mail SQL programming languages Lighttpd Apache PureFTPd Vsftp ProFTPd Dovecot Courier Exim Sendmail Postfix PostgreSQL MySQL PHP Perl Python Baifox ? Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No Yes ? ? ? cPanel No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DirectAdmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Allowed, Not Supported Yes Yes Yes Yes Domain Technologie Control No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No EHCP Possible Yes No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Possible Yes Yes Yes Possible Gnupanel ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? H-Sphere No Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HDE Controller X No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Hosting Controller No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No i-MSCP Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes No Yes (4 or 5) Yes (5.x) Yes No InterWorx No Yes No No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ISPConfig Not Officially Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Not Officially Yes Yes Yes Possible ispCP Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No Yes (4 or 5) Yes (5.x) Yes No Kloxo Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes OpenPanel Planned [40] Yes Yes Planned Planned Planned Yes Planned Planned Yes Planned Yes Yes Planned Planned Plesk No Yes No No Yes No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SysCP Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Froxlor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Usermin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [41] Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtualmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [42] Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtualmin Pro Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [43] Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes webmin Yes (Not officially) Yes Yes (Not officially) Yes [44] Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes References
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