EveryOS gives the Linux server you already own a desktop it never had: open a browser and your machine greets you with windows you can move, snap, and stack, a dock, virtual desktops, widgets, and a launcher, all remembering exactly how you left them. Your files live in a private home with the usual folders, previews, a text editor, and a trash you can restore from, and plugging in a USB disk makes it appear on the desktop ready to mount. An app store installs self-hosted applications from catalogs and follows each deployment, later offering updates that keep your settings, rollbacks when one goes wrong, and backups of app data. The same workspace watches the machine itself: CPU, memory, disk, and network at a glance, systemd services and logs, available package updates, and a Docker view for containers and Compose projects. A real terminal opens in the browser under your own Linux account, Home Assistant arrives as a panel and desktop widgets with its tokens kept on the server, and an AI assistants app can find or install a local model server such as Ollama and chat with it privately. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Backed by over 36,000 GitHub stars and 120 contributors with 123 releases since 2022, 1Panel has rapidly become the go-to open-source alternative to cPanel and Plesk for modern Linux server management. The platform delivers a clean Vue.js dashboard powered by a Go backend using the Gin framework, providing visual management of Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes without touching the command line. Its curated app marketplace offers one-click installation of 165+ trusted open-source applications including Nextcloud, Bitwarden, Umami analytics, WordPress, and NocoBase, each running in isolated containers for maximum security. Native AI capabilities set 1Panel apart from every competing panel: deploy Ollama LLMs directly from the dashboard, spin up OpenClaw personal agents, monitor GPU utilization, and manage AI models through a unified interface. Website management includes automatic domain binding, Let's Encrypt SSL certificate provisioning, and Nginx configuration with zero manual setup. Security runs deep with built-in firewall rules, fail2ban integration, container isolation, WAF protection, and comprehensive audit logging enabled from day one. Automated backups support AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and local storage with one-click restore from any snapshot. The panel supports Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Rocky Linux across x86_64, aarch64, armv7l, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Created in March 2026 and rapidly gaining traction in self-hosting communities, DockPanel delivers the most feature-dense free server panel available — 811 API endpoints, 153 one-click Docker app templates across 14 categories, and full multi-server management, all running on three Rust binaries consuming under 50MB of combined RAM. The panel handles the complete server lifecycle: sites with automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases in Docker containers, Git push-to-deploy using Nixpacks for automatic language detection without Dockerfiles, blue-green zero-downtime deployments with automatic rollback on failed health checks, DNS management, mail servers, monitoring dashboards, and encrypted backups to S3, SFTP, Backblaze B2, or Google Cloud Storage. Security receives production-grade attention with per-image CVE scanning that gates deployments, a built-in WAF, passkey authentication alongside Argon2 password hashing, HttpOnly JWT sessions with blacklist-on-logout, rate limiting on auth endpoints, and fail2ban integration — all verified through an 18-vulnerability pentest with zero remaining issues. Infrastructure as Code support exports your entire server configuration to YAML, and the developer CLI provides status, diagnose, and export commands for automation. GPU passthrough enables AI workload hosting, reseller accounts support white-label branding for agencies, and ARM64 compatibility covers Raspberry Pi and Oracle Cloud free-tier deployments. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

ServerKit delivers a server control panel that fits on a small VPS while managing everything from Docker containers to mail servers. The Python/Flask backend exposes 1,519 REST endpoints across 107 blueprints with full OpenAPI documentation at /api/v1/docs, while the React frontend spans 65 screens in a 1.75MB gzipped bundle served entirely from your own infrastructure. Docker management includes full container lifecycle control, Docker Compose project orchestration, real-time log streaming, and terminal access. Database panels cover MySQL/MariaDB and PostgreSQL with user management, browser-based query consoles, and automated backups to S3, Backblaze B2, or local storage. Nginx virtual host management automates Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning with hardened TLS 1.2+ configurations and Cloudflare-aware setups. The Go-based cross-platform agent enables multi-server fleet management with HMAC-SHA256 authentication over a WebSocket gateway, supporting Linux, Windows, and macOS across amd64 and ARM64 architectures. Fleet monitoring provides cross-server heatmaps, metric comparison charts, alert thresholds, anomaly detection, and capacity forecasting. A built-in marketplace distributes 106 one-click application templates using a declarative YAML schema with Docker Compose stacks. The extension system allows community plugins for Kubernetes management, Redis browsers, and WordPress site orchestration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Host your own email, files, calendars, and passwords on a single server with YunoHost, a server operating system that puts every app behind one web admin and one shared login. Browse a catalog of more than 500 apps, such as Nextcloud, WordPress, and Vaultwarden, filter by quality level, and install in a few clicks, or paste a Git URL for a custom app. Each person signs in once at a portal that shows a tile for every app they may open, and apps with single sign-on skip their own login screen. Groups and per-app permissions control access, including public access for visitors, and the Admins group adds web admin, SSH, and sudo. A full mail stack handles incoming and outgoing email per domain with DKIM signing, and Let's Encrypt certificates renew automatically. The domain screen suggests the DNS records you need and can push them to a supported registrar's API, while free .nohost.me, .noho.st, and .ynh.fr subdomains configure themselves. Backups bundle system settings, mail data, and chosen apps into downloadable archives that can be restored selectively from the admin or the command line. Twice a day a built-in diagnosis checks DNS records, mail setup, and system resources, then emails the admins if anything needs attention, with a firewall editor and fail2ban protection alongside. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Runtipi makes any Linux server a personal app platform where installing services like Plex, Nextcloud, or Home Assistant takes a single click from a curated store of 265+ applications. With 9,500+ GitHub stars and 50 contributors, the React frontend backed by NestJS orchestrates Docker Compose projects for each installed app, automatically generating environment files, compose configurations, and Traefik reverse proxy labels for domain routing and SSL certificate provisioning via Let's Encrypt. The integrated Traefik reverse proxy handles all incoming traffic routing, HTTPS termination, and forward-auth protection for securing applications behind Runtipi's authentication layer without manual configuration. One-click updates notify administrators of new app versions and apply container image upgrades with automatic pre-update backup creation, while the restore feature rolls back application data to any saved snapshot. Custom app stores extend the ecosystem through Git repositories following the Runtipi app definition format, enabling organizations and communities to maintain private catalogs alongside the official store. The Docker Compose override system preserves user customizations across updates, allowing advanced modifications without losing changes. Architecture-aware filtering detects ARM64 or x86 platforms and displays only compatible applications. All apps deploy as standard Docker containers, and compose files can be exported for independent operation without lock-in. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Komodo puts every server, container, and deployment pipeline behind a single dashboard where you build, ship, and monitor Docker workloads across unlimited hosts. Lightweight stateless agents install on each connected server and report CPU, memory, and disk metrics back to the Rust-powered core, giving you real-time visibility without heavyweight monitoring stacks. Docker Compose stacks deploy directly from the UI or link to Git repositories with webhook-triggered automatic redeploys on push. A built-in CI pipeline compiles versioned Docker images from source, with optional AWS spot instances for burst build capacity. For orchestration at scale, Docker Swarm management handles node configuration, service deployment, and multi-node stack orchestration from the same control plane. Browser terminal sessions open persistent named shells on servers and inside containers, complete with shared team access and scriptable Actions that chain executions into multi-stage procedures. Infrastructure-as-code support defines all resources declaratively in TOML files within a Git repository, keeping production state version-controlled and auditable. Granular role-based access control with user groups, per-resource permissions, and OAuth through GitHub and Google keeps teams operating within defined boundaries. A full OpenAPI specification, dedicated CLI, and typesafe client libraries for Rust and TypeScript make programmatic integration straightforward. With 12,000+ stars and active development, the community continues expanding multi-architecture builds and Swarm tooling.

Arcane gives you a single polished dashboard to manage Docker containers, images, volumes, networks, and Compose projects across unlimited remote hosts. The SvelteKit frontend paired with a Go backend delivers real-time resource monitoring with historical graphs, container lifecycle controls including shell exec and live log streaming, and one-click Docker Compose deployment with Git repository synchronization for version-controlled stack definitions. The manager-agent architecture connects remote environments via Direct TCP on port 3553 or Edge mode where agents initiate outbound gRPC/WebSocket connections through NAT and firewalls without requiring inbound ports, all secured with mTLS certificates. Vulnerability scanning identifies security issues in running container images directly from the interface. The backup system enables scheduled container snapshots with configurable retention for disaster recovery. Network and volume administration includes visual relationship mapping between services, and the responsive interface supports dark/light themes with full mobile optimization and community-driven internationalization via Crowdin. 6,500+ stars and 89 releases since April 2025 reflect a rapid development cadence. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-3-Clause licensed.

A single pane of glass for every service you run, arranged by drag-and-drop with no YAML or JSON files: Homarr is the modern dashboard for self-hosted infrastructure. Its grid system arranges apps, widgets, and bookmarks on desktop or touch, backed by an icon picker with over 11,000 icons. What separates Homarr from static launchers is 50+ live integrations: Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media stats, the *arr suite (Sonarr, Radarr) with a unified release calendar, download clients, Pi-hole and AdGuard Home controls, Proxmox, Home Assistant, OPNsense, and Unifi monitoring. Widgets update in real time over WebSockets (tRPC and Redis under the hood), and a built-in search queries thousands of data points across connected services. Custom widgets extend the reach to any HTTP API without code: define endpoint, auth, and refresh interval in the management UI, then render responses as stat grids, tables, progress bars, status indicators, action buttons, or full custom JSX layouts - with an AI-prompt helper for generating templates. Multi-user support is first-class: credentials, OIDC, or LDAP sign-on, groups with granular permissions, and secrets encrypted with AES-256-CBC. A robust background-job system scales it from a Raspberry Pi homelab to deployments serving hundreds of users.

With over 31,000 GitHub stars and 430 contributors, Homepage has become the definitive self-hosted dashboard for homelab enthusiasts and server administrators who want a single, elegant landing page for all their services. The dashboard renders as a fully static site at build time for instant page loads, while a Node.js backend securely proxies all API requests to prevent exposing service credentials to the browser. Docker integration automatically discovers running containers through label-based configuration, populating the dashboard with service status indicators, health checks, and real-time statistics without manual URL entry. Over 100 native service widgets display live data from popular applications including Plex, Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Home Assistant, Pi-hole, Portainer, Proxmox, Nextcloud, Gitea, and dozens more, each showing relevant metrics like active streams, download queues, or system health directly on the dashboard. Information widgets provide weather forecasts, system resource utilization, search bars, and date/time displays. The layout system supports multiple columns, tabs, and custom CSS for pixel-perfect arrangement of service groups and bookmarks. Built-in authentication options include OIDC integration and password protection. Quick search functionality enables instant access to bookmarks and services with keyboard shortcuts. Internationalization covers 40+ languages with community-maintained translations. Configuration lives entirely in YAML files for version-controlled, reproducible dashboard setups. Deploy on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console for complete control. GPL-3.0 licensed with an active community and bi-weekly releases.

FileBrowser Quantum is an open-source, self-hosted web file manager that transforms any directory tree or mounted storage volume into a fast, searchable cloud drive accessible from any browser. You can mount multiple independent filesystem sources at once and apply custom include or exclude rules to keep sensitive system folders hidden from everyday browsing. A background indexing engine powers instant as-you-type search across millions of files, letting you filter results by file size, folder size, media type, or modification date in milliseconds. Rich media thumbnails render automatically for videos, office documents, audio album artwork, and interactive 3D models, while integrated OnlyOffice support lets you edit spreadsheets and word processing documents directly inside your browser tab. Built-in WebDAV server support allows desktop operating systems and mobile file apps to mount your remote directories as native network drives. Sharing files with external collaborators takes seconds through customizable public or private links with expiration timers, download limits, password protection, anonymous upload permissions, and custom branding themes. Administrators can authenticate users via OpenID Connect, LDAP, JSON Web Tokens, proxy headers, or local passwords with two-factor authentication, then enforce path-level read, write, and delete rules per user or group. Developers and automation engineers can generate long-lived API tokens and explore the interactive Swagger endpoint to script file transfers and directory provisioning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Engineers who have outgrown Duplicati or rsync scripts tend to appreciate Kopia's design: encrypted, compressed, content-deduplicated snapshots in Go, stored in a repository on any storage you control - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob, Backblaze B2, SFTP, WebDAV, or a plain filesystem. Encryption is mandatory and end-to-end: every block is encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305 using keys derived from your repository password, and even file names never leave the machine in plaintext. Blocks are packed into 20-40 MB blobs with random names, so the storage provider learns nothing about content or structure. Deduplication is automatic and content-based - identical data across files, snapshots, and even multiple machines backing up to the same repository is stored once. Policies govern everything per-directory: compression choice, retention (hourly through annual), scheduling, and ignore rules. Incremental snapshots are point-in-time records you can mount and browse like a filesystem. This deployment runs the Kopia repository server with its web UI, centralizing backups from multiple client machines over an authenticated API - each client connects with the server URL and certificate fingerprint, and users only see their own snapshots. Error correction, high-latency-tolerant caching, and both CLI and GUI round it out.

Encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on storage you already have - Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Azure, OneDrive, Dropbox, MEGA, Storj, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, SMB, or a plain local disk - is what the MIT-licensed Duplicati has quietly done for years. Its security model is Trust No One: every block is encrypted with AES-256 (or a local GPG instance) before leaving the machine, and the passphrase never travels, so the storage provider holds only ciphertext. The block-based storage engine gives the best of both backup worlds: after one initial full backup, only changed data blocks upload - modify a tiny part of a huge file and only that part transfers - yet every backup version restores like a full backup in a single operation, with no incremental chains to replay. Deduplication and compression keep remote storage growth slow even across years of versions. A web interface manages everything: the built-in scheduler keeps backups current automatically, flexible filters select folders, file types, or custom patterns, retention policies prune old versions, and an integrated updater flags new releases. On compatible object-lock backends, immutable (WORM) storage protects backup data from ransomware that reaches the credentials. Runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, free even for commercial use.

Reaching 24,000 GitHub stars within two years of its first commit in July 2024, Beszel delivers Netdata-grade monitoring dashboards from a single Docker container with no Prometheus stack, no external database, and no complex configuration — just a one-binary hub on PocketBase (SQLite embedded) and a sub-15 MB agent per host that auto-discovers Docker and Podman containers on contact. The agent connects outbound via WebSocket or SSH tunnel, requiring zero open ports on monitored servers and zero manual network configuration. Per-host metrics cover CPU usage, memory with swap and ZFS ARC breakdown, disk I/O across multiple partitions, network throughput, load average, sensor temperatures, battery charge, and GPU utilization with power draw for Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards — features that competitors lock behind paid tiers. S.M.A.R.T. disk health including eMMC wear indicators and Linux mdraid array status surface hardware degradation before failures occur. Container statistics track CPU, memory, and network history per container with automatic discovery as new containers start. Configurable threshold alerts notify via email, Discord, Telegram, ntfy, Pushover, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, Signal, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Twilio when metrics exceed defined limits. Multi-user accounts with OAuth/OIDC authentication let teams share monitored systems with role-based access, while automatic backups persist data to disk or S3-compatible storage. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.