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Webmin

Powerful and flexible web-based server management control panel.

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Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for Unix-like servers and services, allowing configuration of operating system internals such as users, disk quotas, services and configuration files, as well as control of open-source applications including BIND DNS Server, Apache HTTP Server, PHP, MySQL and others. It consists of a simple web server and sub-programs written in Perl 5 that update system files directly.

The tool is organized into modules, which can be developed and distributed independently under any license. Recent releases add a Hardware Information module for inspecting system, firmware, storage, network and driver details, DNF package hold management in the Software Package Updates module, URL re-writing controls in the Nginx Webserver module, and logrotate support for webserver logs. It runs on a wide range of Linux distributions, BSD variants and other Unix-like systems, with translations into many languages.

Webmin is licensed under BSD-3-Clause, permitting free distribution and modification for commercial and non-commercial use. It is intended for system administrators managing Unix-like servers.

12 alternatives to Webmin

Ranked by how well each tool replaces Webmin: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Ubuntu

    Enterprise open source operating system published by Canonical

    Covers 1 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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  2. XAMPP

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    Covers 2 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    64 out of 100 matchContact sales

  3. Debian

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    Covers 8 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    64 out of 100 matchContact sales

  4. Gentoo Linux

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    Covers 3 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    63 out of 100 matchContact sales

  5. Scaleway

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    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

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  6. Centmin Mod

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    Covers 8 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    63 out of 100 matchContact sales

  7. Virtualmin

    Open source web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems

    Covers 3 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    62 out of 100 matchContact sales

  8. FreeBSD

    The Power to Serve

    Covers 5 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    61 out of 100 matchContact sales

  9. TurnKey GNU/Linux

    Nearly 90 free ready-to-use system images for virtual machines, the cloud and bare metal

    Covers 5 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 matchFree

  10. Arch Linux

    A simple, lightweight distribution

    Covers 3 of 15 key features.

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  11. SoftPerfect

    Australian software development company specialising in network management applications

    Covers 6 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free plan
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  12. Alpine Linux

    Small. Simple. Secure.

    Covers 3 of 15 key features and has a free plan.

    Free planOpen source
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