OpenPanel is a web hosting control panel built on Docker. Every user gets a fully isolated environment: dedicated web server, dedicated database, private network, and scoped file storage - delivering VPS-grade security on shared hardware.
Available as a free community edition and a fully-supported commercial version.
OpenPanel is a web hosting control panel that uses Docker to give every hosting user a completely isolated environment. Unlike traditional control panels that share a single Apache, MySQL, or PHP runtime across all users, OpenPanel provisions a dedicated Docker context per user: each with their own web server container, database container, PHP-FPM containers, private network, and storage volume. The result: VPS-level isolation on shared hosting infrastructure, without the VPS price tag.
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β β’ ποΈ OpenPanel - user control panel β
β β’ βοΈ OpenAdmin - administration panel β
β β’ π Caddy β Reverse Proxy & SSL β
β β’ π BIND9 β DNS Server β
β β’ ποΈ MySQL β User Management & Metadata β
β β’ π³ Docker Engine β Container Orchestration β
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β π€ USER 1 β β π€ USER 2 β β π€ USER 3 β
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β π Web Server: β β π Web Server: β β π Web Server: β
β β’ Nginx + Varnish β β β’ OpenLitespeed β β β’ Apache + Varnish β
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β β‘ Applications: β β β‘ Applications: β β β‘ Applications: β
β β’ site1.com β PHP 8.4 β β β’ api.site.com β Node.js 20.1 β β β’ classic.com β PHP 7.0 β
β β’ site2.com β PHP 8.2 β β β’ main.site.com β PHP 8.3 β β β’ modern.com β PHP 8.1 β
β β’ legacy.com β PHP 7.0 β β β β β’ vintage.com β PHP 5.6 β
β β β β β β’ api.site.com β Python 3.11 β
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β ποΈ Databases: β β ποΈ Databases: β β ποΈ Databases: β
β β’ MySQL 8.0 β β β’ MariaDB 10.11 β β β’ Percona MySQL β
β β’ phpMyAdmin β β β’ phpMyAdmin β β β’ PostgreSQL β
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β π Resource Limits: β β π Resource Limits: β β π Resource Limits: β
β β’ CPU: 2 cores β β β’ CPU: 4 cores β β β’ CPU: 1 core β
β β’ RAM: 4 GB β β β’ RAM: 8 GB β β β’ RAM: 2 GB β
β β’ Storage: 50 GB SSD β β β’ Storage: 100 GB SSD β β β’ Storage: 25 GB SSD β
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OpenPanel offers a distinct advantage over other hosting panels by providing each user with an isolated environment and tools to fully manage it. This ensures that your users enjoy full control over their environment, simillar to a VPS experience. They can effortlessly run multiple PHP versions, modify server configurations, view domain logs, restart services, set limits, configure backups and more.
Why use OpenPanel for your hosting business?
- focus on security
- billing integrations: FOSSBilling, WHMCS, Blesta paymenter.org1
- dedicated MySQL, Percona or MariaDB per user
- dedicated Apache, Nginx, OpenLitespeed, Openresty + Varnish per user
- detailed activity log for all user actions.
- low maintenance: each user manages their own services and backups
- Import accounts from cPanel and CyberPanel backups
- white label
- The OpenAdmin offers an administrator-level interface where you can efficiently handle tasks such as creating and managing users, setting up hosting plans, and editing OpenPanel settings.
- The OpenPanel interface is the client-level panel where end-users can manage their containers: edit settings, configure limits, manage backups, create websites and more.
OpenPanel is a truly OS-agnostic control panel. Supported OS:
| Operating System | Versions | Notes |
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| Ubuntu | 22, 24, 26 | 24.04 is recommended for AMD CPU |
| Debian | 10, 11, 12, 13 | |
| AlmaLinux | 9.5, 10 | 9.5 is recommended for ARM CPU |
| RockyLinux | 9.6, 10 | On Rocky 10, you must manually switch from nftables to iptables first β see #1472 |
| CentOS | 9.5 |
Install on any supported VPS or dedicated server with a single command:
bash <(curl -sSL https://openpanel.org)For full installation options and configuration flags: https://openpanel.com/install
- OpenAdmin - Admin panel documentation
- OpenPanel - End-user panel documentation
- Guides and How-to
- OpenCLI - Terminal commands
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Special thanks to all contributors for extending and improving OpenPanel.
Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for more information on how to help with openpanel.
- OpenAdmin and OpenPanel UI are distributed under EULA.
- OpenCLI and configuration files are distributed under Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license.
β¨ All openpanel docs are hosted on openpanel.com β¨
Footnotes
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not actively maintained β©