About the project
The story behind iNetPanel
A free, open-source hosting control panel built by people who got tired of paying per-account licensing fees just to host a few websites from a box they already own.
What iNetPanel is
iNetPanel is a free, GPL-3.0 licensed web hosting control panel for Debian 12. It gives a home server or a cheap VPS the same day-to-day management experience you would expect from cPanel or Plesk — hosting accounts, multi-PHP, DNS, SSL, databases, backups, a firewall, and a self-service client portal — without the per-account licensing bill and without exposing a single open port to the public internet.
The whole panel installs with one command and routes traffic through a Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnel, so you can host real websites from a machine sitting behind home CGNAT or a locked-down office firewall. It is the tool we wanted to exist: powerful enough to run production sites, simple enough that you are not reading a 40-page manual before your first account is live.
Why we built it
Self-hosting has never been more attractive — VPS prices keep falling, home internet keeps getting faster, and people increasingly want to own their data instead of renting it. But the control-panel market did not keep up. cPanel moved to per-account pricing that punishes small operators, Plesk is heavy and commercial, and the free alternatives often assume you have a public IP and a willingness to open ports 80 and 443 to the world.
We kept hitting the same wall on our own infrastructure, so we built iNetPanel to solve it properly: zero licensing cost, zero open ports, and a setup that a competent Linux user can stand up in an afternoon. Because it is open source, you can read every line, audit exactly what runs on your server, and fork it if you disagree with a decision. There is no telemetry phoning home and no upsell funnel — the panel you install is the whole product.
Who builds it
iNetPanel is built and maintained by Tuxxin, a software company based in Orlando, Florida that has been doing Linux infrastructure, custom web development, and operations automation for small and medium businesses since 2010. The panel grew directly out of that day-job: it is the same tooling we use to manage real client hosting, cleaned up and released for everyone.
Development happens in the open on GitHub, where you can follow the changelog, file issues, request features, or send a pull request. iNetPanel is part of the wider Tuxxin Suite of free tools, and it is actively maintained — see the changelog for the current release cadence.
What we believe
- Free should mean free. No per-account fees, no "community edition" with the useful features removed, no trial clock.
- Security by default. No open ports, Cloudflare Zero Trust, WireGuard VPN access, Fail2Ban and a managed firewall out of the box.
- You own your server. Open source and self-hosted — your data never leaves your machine, and there is nothing to phone home.
- Documentation is part of the product. A panel you can't operate isn't free, it's expensive in your time. So we write real docs and guides.
Get in touch
Questions, bug reports, or feature ideas are all welcome. The fastest route for anything code-related is the GitHub repository; for everything else you can reach us through the contact page. We read every message.