What is Blackhost?
Blackhost is an open source web hosting control panel that allows server administrators to easily manage domains, websites, email accounts, databases, and more through an intuitive graphical interface. Developed as an alternative to commercial control panels like cPanel or Plesk, Blackhost puts powerful control panel features into the hands of web hosting providers at no cost.
Some key features of Blackhost include:
- Domain management - Add, configure, and manage unlimited domains and subdomains on your server
- Website hosting - Create and manage unlimited hosted sites with support for PHP, MySQL, and more
- Email accounts - Create and manage unlimited email accounts and forwarding addresses
- Database management - Easily create and administer MySQL databases for your hosted sites
- Security tools - Manage SSL certificates and enable HTTP authentication for protecting sensitive areas
- Statistics and logs - Review bandwidth usage, site traffic stats, server resource usage, and more to monitor your systems
As an open source project under the MIT license, Blackhost provides excellent control panel functionality without vendor lock-in or recurring license fees. It can be installed on Linux servers running Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, CloudLinux, and others. Blackhost offers an attractive alternative for web hosting providers looking to reduce costs and take more control over their infrastructure.
cPanel, Webmin, Plesk, HestiaCP, Cloudron, ISPConfig, Vesta Control Panel, CentOS Web Panel, ispmanager, Ajenti, Virtualmin, FASTPANEL, Aegir Hosting System, goPanel, AgiusCloud, SPanel, LiveConfig, HCnix are some alternatives to Blackhost.