What is the best FREE alternative to cPanel?

[berks]

I have heard of that before, didn't really like it that much. Having installed ISPConfig just now, I really prefer Virtualmin, about to reinstall that now. This entire process has been really thrilling, I must say I really enjoy exploring this OS.

[DaReaper]

I've not heard of used ISPconfig, Does it have the same features and abilities of CPanel or Kloxo? I wanted to try their Demo but i think it is down at the moment.

I liked how Kloxo tried to keep things similar to how CPanel was.

[berks]

ISPConfig varies a lot from cPanel, I never attempted to explore its features fully, however, I was able to install it and have a website running in under 2hours using their instructions.

I chose Virtualmin over it due to the fact that I find it easier to work with that either ISPConfig or Kloxo, and unlike ISPConfig it boasts an install script. ISPCOnfig is relatively easy to use but didn't quite suite my tastes.

When I was just beginning my research I found an article that did a good job (IMO) at comparing the various Control Panels available. The article can be found here: http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/10-...ervers-easier/

The Online Demo is operational at the moment, I just accessed it via this link: http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/online-demo/

[DaReaper]

Thanks for the article, I noticed that there are a couple of Free alternatives that i've not heard of like OpenPanel, GNUPanel and OpenOnyx... and maybe i remember reading this article some time before, which i might have found through google in hopes of finding a free alternative, but i cared less to take a note of those panels.

The demo of ISPConfig looks really nice, everything has a tabular menu. In kloxo we had this, but they were not well organized.

[miks]

Webmin+Virtualmin. It's very light on resources yet full of features.
If you use RHEL, CentOS, Debian, or Ubuntu it even has an automated install script.

[berks]

Webmin+Virtualmin. It's very light on resources yet full of features.

The main reason I decided to stick with it, I am actually using an old netbook as my server and as such resources are a bit limited.

[diegosuse]

For me try Ispconfig. Goes fine and have a lot of support. Actually have 2 servers and they have been working since 2009 without troubles. Hope helps

[DaReaper]

For me try Ispconfig. Goes fine and have a lot of support. Actually have 2 servers and they have been working since 2009 without troubles. Hope helps

How's their user support and regularity of patching bugs by the community? I need to know this cause i've seen a couple of bugs in the bug tracker that haven't been looked upon lately.

I have the same issue with Kloxo, their development team is small and slow, I was waiting for them to release a Language pack in NL and a couple of modifiable themes.

[Stefano Messicano]

Webmin is the best free alternative to cPanel. Webmin is an open source server and hosting control panel. It provides lot of similar feature as cPanel. Some of the features include bandwidth usage, user account management, backups, SSH access, and email management. Webmin is built on modules, and more third party modules can be easily added. This further enhances the functioanality of Webmin. Latest versions of Webmin can be installed on Windows based servers as well.

[Darwin]

I have been using open panel - it seem s to do the job, there are just a few issues with backing up but nothing that I can't handle - I was a bit sick of cpanel hanging when publishing, I have never had that trouble yet with open panel.