Let's be honest for a minute.
If you're reading this, you've probably managed servers before. Maybe you've run a small hosting company. Maybe you're a freelancer juggling a dozen client websites. Maybe you're a sysadmin who's been through every panel upgrade, every pricing change, every "we're being acquired" email that made your stomach drop.
We've been there too. That's why Panelica exists.
For over a decade, the server management world has been controlled by a handful of players. And for a while, that was fine. The tools worked. The prices were reasonable. You could build a business around them.
Then things changed.
Ownership changed hands. Prices doubled — then tripled. Features that used to be included became "premium add-ons." Security tools became separate purchases. And suddenly, the panel you built your entire infrastructure on became your biggest expense — and your biggest risk.
You know the feeling. You open your inbox and see a licensing email. Your heart sinks a little. "What did they change this time?"
Meanwhile, innovation stalled. The same UI from 2008. The same plugin architecture that breaks with every update. The same "install this extension to get basic functionality" approach. Every feature bolted on as an afterthought, never truly integrated.
We watched hosting providers — real people running real businesses — get squeezed between rising panel costs and customers who expected lower prices. We watched sysadmins spend more time fighting their tools than actually managing servers.
And we asked ourselves: what if we just... built the panel we actually needed?
Your tools shouldn't hold you hostage.
A server management panel should be a tool that works for you — not a subscription that works against you. Security shouldn't be a separate product. Monitoring shouldn't require a third-party plugin. Backups shouldn't need an extension marketplace. These are fundamental capabilities, and they should be part of the platform from day one.
Everything should work together, not just coexist.
When your firewall, your file manager, your backup system, and your email server are all separate products from separate vendors, stitched together with configuration files and prayers — things break. They break in weird ways. They break at 3 AM. And debugging means checking four different logs from four different systems.
We built Panelica as a single, unified system. Every module — domains, DNS, email, databases, FTP, SSL, Docker, monitoring, backups, security — was designed together. They share the same permission model, the same user isolation, the same security architecture. When something talks to something else, it just works. No glue code. No "make sure you install the connector plugin first."
Modern servers deserve modern tools.
Cgroups v2 resource isolation. Real-time WebSocket dashboards. Container management. API-first architecture with 246 endpoints. Webhook integrations. 30 languages. A mobile app that actually works. Dark mode with 42 color themes, because yes — that matters when you're staring at a screen at 2 AM.
These aren't checkboxes on a marketing page. These are things we built because we needed them ourselves.
Panelica is a complete server management platform. Not a skeleton you assemble with plugins. Not a framework you customize for six months before it's usable. A complete platform.
When you run the installer, three minutes later you have:
- 20 fully configured services — Nginx, Apache, PHP (8.1-8.5), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, BIND DNS, Postfix, Dovecot, ProFTPD, ClamAV, ModSecurity, and more
- 5-layer security isolation — Cgroups v2, Linux namespaces, SSH chroot, PHP-FPM isolation, Unix permissions. Not as an add-on. As the default
- Full email stack — Accounts, forwarders, autoresponders, spam filtering, Roundcube webmail, DKIM/SPF/DMARC automation
- Docker management — Containers, Compose, app templates, resource limits per container
- Built-in migration — Move from other panels with your data, your databases, your email accounts
- 4-level role hierarchy — ROOT, ADMIN, RESELLER, USER — with granular permissions at every level
Panelica comes in four tiers — from a free 14-day trial to Enterprise.
Every single plan includes the complete platform: all 20 services, 5-layer security isolation, Let's Encrypt SSL, email stack, monitoring, firewall, antivirus, 30 languages, 42 themes, web terminal, file manager, and the real-time dashboard. Security is never an upsell. Monitoring is never a plugin. These are defaults, not premium features.
Higher tiers unlock more scale and advanced capabilities:
- More domains and users — from a generous starter limit to fully unlimited
- Docker container management — for teams that need containerized workloads
- Reseller hierarchy — create and manage sub-accounts for your own customers
- White label branding — make it yours, completely
- Remote backups — S3, Google Drive, SFTP, OneDrive
- Dedicated support — for when you need someone on the other end, fast
Per-server licensing. No per-account fees. No surprise add-ons.
See current plans and pricing at panelica.com.
Panelica isn't built by a company that sells software to hosting providers. It's built by people who are hosting providers. We manage real servers. We host real websites. We deal with real customers at 3 AM when something goes wrong.
Every feature in Panelica exists because we needed it. Every bug fix happened because it affected our own servers first. Every design decision was tested against the question: "Would this actually help me at 2 AM when a server is on fire?"
That's a different kind of motivation than "will this look good in a demo?"
This forum exists because Panelica isn't just our project — it's yours too.
We want to hear what works. What doesn't. What features you need. What drove you crazy about the panel you used before. Your experience shapes what Panelica becomes next.
- Just installed? Start with Why We Built Panelica and First Steps After Setup
- Found a bug? Tell us in Bug Reports — include your Panelica version, OS version, and what happened
- Have an idea? Share it in Feature Requests
- Want to explore? Browse the categories — every major feature has its own discussion space
- Questions? Check the FAQ or ask in General Discussion
- Be respectful — We're all here because we care about the same thing. Disagree with ideas, not people
- Be specific — "It doesn't work" helps nobody. Version numbers, error messages, and steps to reproduce help everyone
- Search first — Your question might already have an answer
- English please — So the whole community can participate (the panel itself supports 30 languages)
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS
- Debian 12 (Bookworm) / Debian 13 (Trixie)
Code:
curl -sSL https://latest.panelica.com/install.sh | bashThree minutes. That's it.
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The hosting industry spent years telling us we had no choice. We decided to build one.
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