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20 self-hosted Plesk alternatives

Plesk is a web hosting control panel providing a unified dashboard to manage websites, domains, DNS, email, databases, applications, security, backups and server configuration. It supports automation, extensions and SSL certificate management for shared, VPS and dedicated hosting.

Alternatives to Plesk

Open-source personal cloud system with a web dashboard, app store, and file management to run and manage Docker apps on home servers and SBCs.

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37.1k stars2.2k forksApache-2.0last commit Slowing down

Dockge is a self-hosted, stack-oriented manager for Docker Compose files, providing a responsive web UI to edit, deploy, update, and monitor compose.yaml stacks.

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24.2k stars816 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

CapRover is an open-source platform to deploy, manage and scale apps using Docker and nginx with a web UI and CLI, automatic SSL, one-click databases and clustering support.

15.1k stars995 forkslast commit Actively maintained

umbrelOS is a home server operating system that lets you self-host popular apps via a built-in app store, with one-click installs on Raspberry Pi, x86, or Umbrel Home.

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11.8k stars784 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted web interface to manage Nginx configs, reload safely, issue Let’s Encrypt certificates, view logs, monitor server stats, and manage multiple nodes.

11.5k stars867 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Runtipi is a homeserver orchestrator with a web interface and app store for one-click installation and management of self-hosted services using Docker.

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9.6k stars365 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Runtipi is a personal homeserver platform that lets you install and manage self-hosted apps with one-click installs, powered by Docker and a simple web UI.

9.6k stars365 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

DietPi is an ultra-lightweight Debian-based OS for SBCs and small servers, featuring menu-driven system configuration and an optimized one-command software installer.

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6.2k stars565 forksGPL-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Cosmos Cloud is a security-focused self-hosting platform that provides an app store, reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS, SSO/MFA, container management, backups, and monitoring.

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6.1k stars250 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Webmin is a web-based server administration control panel for Unix-like systems, offering modular management of users, services, storage, and common server software.

6k stars792 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit Actively maintained

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High-performance reverse proxy and container orchestrator with Web UI, automatic Docker/Podman route discovery, idle-sleep, access control, and automated Let's Encrypt support.

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4.1k stars188 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source, self-hosted tool to provision servers and deploy PHP apps with database, SSL, firewall, cron, services, monitoring, workflows, plugins, and API.

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3.2k stars414 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Open-source Debian-based OS and control panel that simplifies installing, managing and securing web apps, mail and services via a web admin and app catalog.

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3k stars351 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

DockSTARTer is a menu-driven CLI that installs Docker and helps configure and run curated Docker Compose apps for homelab and self-hosted setups.

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2.6k stars291 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Websoft9 is a web-based Linux panel and lightweight PaaS for deploying, running, and operating hundreds of open-source applications on your own server.

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2.1k stars321 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open source Linux server OS with a web UI and marketplace for installing, configuring, monitoring, and backing up self-hosted services.

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2k stars194 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

CloudPanel is a lightweight server control panel for managing PHP, Node.js, Python, static sites, and reverse proxies with SSL/TLS and performance-focused defaults.

1.9k stars139 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Manage Caddy 2 servers from a modern web dashboard with Caddyfile editing, authentication, audit logs, API keys, and SQLite or MongoDB storage.

1.1k stars45 forkslast commit Slowing down

Deployrr automates homelab setup and app deployment using Docker and Docker Compose, with pre-configured stacks, Traefik reverse proxy options, and security integrations.

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801 stars79 forkslast commit Actively maintained

What replacing Plesk actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 17 of 20 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, MIT, AGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, GPL-2.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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