hestiacp/hestiacp
Hestia Control Panel | A lightweight and powerful control panel for the modern web. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.5
- age_days: 2856
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 15
Adoption not part of the score
4483 stars · 929 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Hestia Control Panel is an open-source, lightweight web hosting control panel for Linux servers that provides a web and CLI interface for managing web domains, mail accounts, DNS zones, and databases. It bundles and configures Nginx/Apache, PHP-FPM, Exim, Dovecot, BIND, MariaDB/PostgreSQL, and a firewall with brute-force protection from a single dashboard.
Use cases
- host multiple websites on a VPS with a web dashboard
- self-host email with SMTP, IMAP, webmail, and anti-spam
- run my own DNS server with clustering and DNSSEC
- manage Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for domains
- give clients reseller-style user accounts with resource limits
- one-click install WordPress or Nextcloud on my server
- manage MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases via phpMyAdmin
- set up a firewall with fail2ban brute-force protection
When to choose
- you want a free, open-source alternative to cPanel or Plesk on a fresh Debian/Ubuntu server
- you need combined web, mail, DNS, and database management in one panel
- you prefer a lightweight panel with both web UI and CLI/API access
- you want multi-PHP versions and one-click app installs
When to avoid
- you run a non-LTS, 32-bit, or non-Debian/Ubuntu operating system
- you use containerized or orchestrated environments like Kubernetes where a panel is unnecessary
- you need to install on an existing server with services already configured
- you only need a single static site where plain Nginx config suffices
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework http-server configuration-management deployment security email cli self-hosted self-hosted web-development infrastructure-as-code email security cli self-hosted control-panel hosting nginx apache mail-server dns lets-encrypt server-administration vps dns-server devops linux web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4efa50abb8d1
- homepage: https://hestiacp.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · d70218ecdbab
- site_page: https://hestiacp.com/features.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 81d361b99b5b
- site_page: https://hestiacp.com/install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 512128a46e0d
- site_page: https://hestiacp.com/docs/introduction/getting-started.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · e3c014303c62
- site_page: https://hestiacp.com/docs/contributing/development.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4ab8de5b5b13
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hestiacp/hestiacp | main | 99 |
For agents
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