# outroll/vesta

VESTA Control Panel

Repository: https://github.com/outroll/vesta
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vesta
Homepage: http://vestacp.com
Language: PHP
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-09T08:14:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5560, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3076, forks 1020 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.757132+00:00)

## What it is
Vesta is an open-source (GPLv3) hosting control panel for Linux servers that manages websites, DNS, mail, databases, cron jobs, backups, and firewalls through a web interface and CLI. It bundles nginx/apache, exim/dovecot, MySQL/PostgreSQL, and Let's Encrypt integration behind a lightweight, multilingual admin UI.

## Use cases
- manage websites and domains on a VPS from a web panel
- set up DNS, mail, and databases on a Linux server
- schedule automatic server backups with offsite FTP upload
- issue free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for domains
- run a low-resource hosting panel on a 512MB VPS
- manage cron jobs and firewall rules from one interface
- host multiple users with role-based access on one server

## When to choose
- you want a free, self-hosted alternative to cPanel for a single server
- you need an all-in-one web/DNS/mail/database panel with minimal resource usage
- you prefer a simple, uncluttered admin UI with CLI commands and an API
- you run Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, or Amazon Linux and want one-command setup

## When to avoid
- you need a panel with active long-term support and a large modern ecosystem - the project was deprecated and is only recently under renewed development
- you require containerized or cloud-native deployment - Vesta installs directly on the host OS
- you need multi-server clustering beyond basic DNS master-slave setups
- you want billing/client management out of the box - that is only planned for Vesta 2.0

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, http-server, backup, security, monitoring, cli, gui, configuration-management
- domain: self-hosted, web-development, security
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: hosting-control-panel, server-administration, dns-management, email-server, lets-encrypt, nginx, apache, mysql, postgresql, fail2ban, web-hosting, devops, automation, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- outroll/vesta (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.757132+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 2026-08-30T07:27:55.350260+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/outroll/vesta (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.757132+00:00, sha c36149599d5f)
  - homepage: http://vestacp.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.579335+00:00, sha 7af4170245b5)
  - site_page: https://vestacp.com/docs/vesta-2-update (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.588376+00:00, sha 06e02e243ae6)
  - site_page: https://vestacp.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.590255+00:00, sha 7edff1f5fb6e)
  - site_page: https://vestacp.com/install (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.591899+00:00, sha 67ced755090c)
  - site_page: https://vestacp.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.594877+00:00, sha 9ef25b5be451)
  - site_page: https://vestacp.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T09:43:13.593353+00:00, sha 8f6fff3fc60d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.