Free Cockpit Project Alternatives

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration tool for Unix-like systems. You can use Webmin in any modern browser to setup and manage& user accounts, Apache web server, DNS configuration and alike. The software removes the mundane task of manually editing Unix configurations and allow you to easily setup hosting for applications, sites and web services.

Virtualmin is a powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. Virtualmin provides a cost-effective and comprehensive solution to virtual web hosting management. Virtualmin is avalible as a commnuity-supported version, while a commercial option includes premium support and more features. Currently, over 100,000 people and organizations use Virtualmin globally.

CapRover is an free and easy-to-use application deployment and server manager for NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress and more. With CapRover you can create your own PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) similar to that of Heroku, and deploying it to your own cloud instance.

Dokku is a free and open-source project that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications. With Dokku developers can setup their own PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) in a matter of minutes. Dokku provides extra plugins which can be used to manage database, and tools needed for your application. If you need to server your application over HTTPS, Dokku got you covered as well, with the help of Let's Encrypts free TLS certificates.

Docker is an open-source platform that automates deployment and development life cycles with OS-level virtualization. These virtualization are called containers and contain application specific operating system, software and configurations that are built on deployment. Containers are encapsulated and work across systems, be it in local development or on production servers, they run anywhere. Docker provides a Community Edition (CE) and an Enterprise Edition (EE) and can be used for personal and enterprise level projects alike.

ZPanel is a free web hosting control panel for macOS, Linux and Windows-based servers. With ZPanel it's easy to manage your server for web hosting related tasks such as setting up server environments, managing DNS reccords and configuring SMTP.  The software is written in PHP and released as open source software under the GNU General Public License 3.0.

With ISPConfig you can manage your servers directly through your web browser. ISPConfig is an open-source panel for Linux-based servers which is capable of managing multiple servers from one unified control panel.