# hestiacp/hestiacp

Hestia Control Panel | A lightweight and powerful control panel for the modern web.

Repository: https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hestiacp
Homepage: https://hestiacp.com
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: linux-server, control-panel, web-server, mail-server, dns-server, apache2, nginx, web-panel, control-panels, dovecot, exim, php
Last push: 2026-08-25T18:19:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2856, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 5.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4483, forks 929 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:51.130810+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, http-server, configuration-management, deployment, security, email, cli, self-hosted
- domain: self-hosted, web-development, infrastructure-as-code, email, security
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: control-panel, hosting, nginx, apache, mail-server, dns, lets-encrypt, server-administration, vps, dns-server, devops, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- hestiacp/hestiacp (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.130810+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:31.626620+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:51.130810+00:00, sha 4efa50abb8d1)
  - homepage: https://hestiacp.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:48.999720+00:00, sha d70218ecdbab)
  - site_page: https://hestiacp.com/features.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:49.003746+00:00, sha 81d361b99b5b)
  - site_page: https://hestiacp.com/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:49.005574+00:00, sha 512128a46e0d)
  - site_page: https://hestiacp.com/docs/introduction/getting-started.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:49.007348+00:00, sha e3c014303c62)
  - site_page: https://hestiacp.com/docs/contributing/development.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:06:49.009386+00:00, sha 4ab8de5b5b13)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.