⚡ VortexPanel

Free, open-source server control panel.
Everything aaPanel locks behind a paid Pro tier — WAF, Fail2Ban, Load Balancer, WP Toolkit — built in and free.
Built with Python/Flask + Alpine.js. No Node.js build step. No bloat. 2-minute install.

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🆚 Why VortexPanel over aaPanel / HestiaCP / cPanel?

Feature	cPanel	aaPanel Free	aaPanel Pro	HestiaCP	VortexPanel
Price	$30–$65/mo	Free	Paid add-on	Free	Free (MIT)
ModSecurity WAF	Paid ext.	❌	✅ paid	Manual	✅ Built-in
Fail2Ban	Paid ext.	❌	✅ paid	✅	✅ Built-in
Load Balancer	❌	❌	✅ paid	❌	✅ Built-in
WP Toolkit	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅ Built-in
Firewall (UFW + firewalld)	❌	UFW only	UFW only	UFW only	✅ Both
Cloud Backup (S3)	Paid	❌	✅ paid	Manual	✅ Built-in
Docker UI	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅ Built-in
RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky	✅	Partial	Partial	❌	✅ 9 distros
Web Terminal	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅ Built-in
Open source	❌	Partial	❌	✅	✅ MIT

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✨ Features

🌐 Website Management

• Nginx, Apache2, OpenLiteSpeed, Caddy — install and manage from the same panel
• One-click SSL via Let's Encrypt — auto-detects Cloudflare DNS-01 vs HTTP-01
• Reverse proxy, custom directives, PHP version per site, Composer integration
• One-click WordPress/Laravel/Symfony deploy

🔷 WP Toolkit (new in v3.1)

• Full WordPress install — downloads WP, creates DB, writes wp-config.php, creates vhost, configures SSL — all in one click
• PHP 7.4–8.5, Nginx / Apache / OpenLiteSpeed / Caddy, MariaDB / MySQL
• Plugin & theme management, one-click admin login, bulk updates
• Security scanner — 9 checks with one-click auto-fix buttons
• Staging clone — full site clone with DB, push/pull between staging and live
• Backup/restore, maintenance mode, system cron, debug mode toggle
• Powered by wp-cli (auto-installed if missing)

🔒 Security (free — no "Pro" tier)

• Firewall — UFW (Debian/Ubuntu) and firewalld (Fedora/RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky/Oracle/CentOS/CloudLinux) from the same UI
• Fail2ban — intrusion prevention, brute-force protection
• ModSecurity WAF — Nginx web application firewall, one-click install + toggle
• Security Score — at-a-glance audit with actionable fix buttons
• SSH hardening, login-attempt monitoring, open port scanner

🗄 Databases

• MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB — multi-engine
• phpMyAdmin integration (auto-configured on its own port, separate PHP version)

📦 App Store

• 25+ one-click installs: Nginx, Apache, OpenLiteSpeed, Caddy, PHP (multi-version), MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Docker, Node.js, Python, Composer, Fail2ban, ClamAV, ModSecurity, Roundcube, Supervisor, Pure-FTPd, BIND9 DNS, and more
• Automatic conflict detection, RHEL-family package manager support

⚡ Performance

• Dashboard stats from /proc (not top -bn1) — 10× faster response
• Response caching for expensive endpoints
• Gzip compression — app.js 150KB → ~40KB, index.html 350KB → ~70KB

🔧 Everything else

• Docker — container management, 45+ pre-configured image catalog
• DNS — BIND9 zone management + Cloudflare DDNS (no ddclient)
• Mail — Postfix + Dovecot, domains, accounts, Roundcube webmail
• CDN — Cloudflare, BunnyCDN, Akamai, CloudFront, KeyCDN
• Monitoring — real-time CPU/RAM/Disk/Network, process list, bandwidth
• File Manager — code editor, chmod, AES-encrypted zip support, ClamAV scan
• Web Terminal — full PTY shell in browser over WebSocket
• Backups — website + database, restore, S3-compatible cloud backup
• Cron Jobs — visual scheduler, 10 task types, run-now, logs
• AI Assistant — configurable OpenAI-compatible API (NeonCodex, OpenAI, etc.)

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🚀 Quick Install

wget -O install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BrowserlessAPI/VortexPanel/main/install.sh && bash install.sh

Access the panel at: http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:8888

The installer auto-detects your OS and package manager. On RHEL 8-family systems (AlmaLinux 8 / Rocky 8, where default Python is 3.6) it automatically installs Python 3.11.

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📋 Supported Operating Systems

Distro	Versions
Ubuntu	20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Debian	11, 12
AlmaLinux	8, 9, 10
Rocky Linux	8, 9, 10
RHEL	8, 9, 10
Oracle Linux	8, 9
CentOS Stream	8, 9
CloudLinux	8, 9, 10
Fedora	38+

Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended) · 2 GB free disk

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🛠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Python 3.8+ · Flask 3.x · Gunicorn (4 workers × 4 threads)
Frontend	Alpine.js 3.14 · Vanilla CSS (no build step, no npm)
Auth	Session-based · SHA-256 hashed passwords
Panel config	JSON files (no external database required)
Service	systemd · auto-start on boot

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome — bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests all help.

Before you start:

1. Check open issues to avoid duplicates
2. For new features, open an issue to discuss before coding
3. Read CONTRIBUTING.md for code style and PR process

git clone https://github.com/BrowserlessAPI/VortexPanel.git
cd VortexPanel
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 app.py   # runs on :8888

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🗺 Roadmap

• Per-site website analytics (traffic, top URIs, status codes, bot detection)
• Alerting — CPU/RAM/SSL-expiry push to Telegram/Discord/email/webhook
• Disk usage analyzer (visual tree, delete from panel)
• Multi-user / RBAC
• PHP webshell scanner (pattern-based, integrates with File Manager)
• LB node health monitoring + TCP/stream load balancing

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📄 License

MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially.

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