Best Free Control Panel?

[DRE]

What's the best free control panel? Will not bother buying a cPanel license so I'm looking at free alternatives.

 

[AndyB]

I've been using Webmin for many years. It works great.

 

[DRE]

I'm looking at zPanel http://www.zpanelcp.com/
http://forums.zpanelcp.com/index.php

With CstyleX theme... looks like cPanel.
http://forums.zpanelcp.com/thread-6010.html

 

[WSWD]

Zpanel has had some major security issues in the past. Haven't really kept up lately.

 

[Mike Edge]

zPanel get's hacked a lot. For free panels, webmin is the way to go but it does have a pretty heavy learning curve, esp for someone without a lot of server admin exp. Since you said you don't have much server admin exp in other threads before, cPanel or Plesk would be your best options.

 

[DRE]

Neon: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1190492478/neon-server-control-panel-for-websites-and-adminis?ref=kicktraq

 

[Jarod]

Hello,

Virtualmin since 2005 for me

 

[p4guru]

why not just stick with cpanel ? for VPS license costs <$14-15/mo

 

[WSWD]

Or DirectAdmin for $5/mo on a VPS. Just depends on your provider.

 

[Mike Edge]

Or DirectAdmin for $5/mo on a VPS. Just depends on your provider.

IMO, your gonna spend the 5.00 on DA, you might as well just pay a bit more and go cPanel. DA is a bit more of a hassle to get up and running too.. cPanel is just 3 simple command lines and wait 30 minutes

 

[WSWD]

IMO, your gonna spend the 5.00 on DA, you might as well just pay a bit more and go cPanel. DA is a bit more of a hassle to get up and running too.. cPanel is just 3 simple command lines and wait 30 minutes

Completely agree. Unfortunately, not all providers get cPanel licenses at a reduced price. The $15 price tag is often twice as expensive, or as expensive as the VPS itself. When somebody is on a budget and is looking for free panels, the $15/mo. can often be hard to swallow.

I do agree with cPanel though. Painless and it generally just works.

 

[Mike Edge]

Completely agree. Unfortunately, not all providers get cPanel licenses at a reduced price. The $15 price tag is often twice as expensive, or as expensive as the VPS itself. When somebody is on a budget and is looking for free panels, the $15/mo. can often be hard to swallow.

I do agree with cPanel though. Painless and it generally just works.

Been a long time since I used DA, but don't you have to install each module you want just like Webmin.. Apache, MySQL etc don't come installed when you install it?

 

[WSWD]

I haven't used it for anything in ages. I think Apache, MySQL, PHP and such get installed now, but anything else needs to be custom installed.

 

[Moshe1010]

IMO, your gonna spend the 5.00 on DA, you might as well just pay a bit more and go cPanel. DA is a bit more of a hassle to get up and running too.. cPanel is just 3 simple command lines and wait 30 minutes

cPanel updates software slowly and painfully. PHP 5.5 isn't there yet, and won't be there for couple of months.
xCache version 3 has just been integrated couple of days ago after about several months that it's out.
They are just "over testing" 3rd party add-ons/software and it puts them behind. I can do much more customization with DA than cPanel. When I had cPanel I felt like I'm in prison.

Sure you can do manual installation, but cPanel doesn't really support it, and it can break stuff.

 

[Biker]

cPanel isn't about being bleeding edge. It IS about being stable.

 

[Hoffi]

I've been using Webmin for many years. It works great.

Yes, here too. Any other has too many overhead.

 

[p4guru]

cPanel isn't about being bleeding edge. It IS about being stable.

exactly... different tools for different purposes

unless all your php scripts and addons/plugins are PHP 5.5 compatible you usually won't jump on PHP 5.5 ASAP