Comparison of web hosting control panels

The following tables compare general and technical information for a variety of web hosting control panel software packages.

Free and open source control panels
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Proprietary control panels
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Remote access
Some control panels allow shell (console) access to the underlying OS through a Java applet, requiring that the client-side computer use Java Virtual Machine software. Other control panels allow direct access using telnet or secure shell (SSH).

Email management
While all control panel software below supports multiple email accounts, the features they provide vary.