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Latest release GitHub stars License Target AlmaLinux 9

The hosting control panel
that's actually free.

A complete cPanel, Plesk & DirectAdmin alternative โ€” one tiny self-contained binary, unlimited accounts, six switchable UI shells. No license fees, no per-account pricing, no phone-home. Ever.

Install on a fresh server See why we win โ†’
curl -sSL https://install.safeguardpanel.ca/install.sh | sudo bash
$0FOREVER
~67 MBIDLE RAM
13.5 MBONE BINARY
6UI SHELLS
25+INTEGRATIONS
10PANELS IMPORT

The honest comparison

Everything they charge for. Included.

The big panels meter, tier, and bill per account. SafeGuard ships every feature, for unlimited accounts, on every server you own.

cPanel Plesk DirectAdmin
Price$0Paid licensePaid licensePaid license
Per-account pricingNoneYesTieredTiered
Every feature includedโœ“Locked tiersPaid add-onsTiered
Unlimited accountsโœ“$ / accountPlan-limitedPlan-limited
Switchable UI shells6111
Idle RAM footprint~67 MBHeavyHeavyHeavy
Minimum RAM1 GB2 GB1 GB4 GB +swap
No phone-home / no adsโœ“โœ—โœ—โœ—
One-command migrate-infrom 10 panelsโ€”โ€”โ€”

The receipts

Lighter. Cheaper. Proven.

Real numbers โ€” the panel's own footprint, and what the others bill you for every server, every year.

Licensing cost per server per year โ€” SafeGuard Panel $0 vs competitors
Control-panel RAM overhead at idle โ€” SafeGuard Panel ~67 MB, lower is better
Cumulative licensing cost over five years

Batteries included

A whole hosting stack, in one binary.

Provision a site in seconds โ€” system user, document root, vhost, DNS zone and TLS, all automatic.

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Domains & DNS

Add a domain and get a real authoritative BIND zone, vhost, and docroot โ€” instantly. Subdomains, redirects, pointers.

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SSL that just works

Auto Let's Encrypt, wildcard via DNS-01, or paste your own cert. The box terminates HTTPS itself โ€” no proxy tricks.

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File Manager

Edit, upload, compress, extract and search โ€” kernel-jailed to each account, with per-site quick access.

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Email integration

Email isn't run inside the panel โ€” it's a managed integration (SafeGuard Mail): mailboxes, forwarders, autoresponders and SPF/DKIM/DMARC, provisioned per domain right from the panel.

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Databases

MariaDB & PostgreSQL with one-click users, remote-access control, and a built-in web admin.

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Backups & restore

Encrypted, scheduled, off-site capable โ€” with point-in-time restore and a self-healing database.

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WordPress & CMS toolkit

One-click installs, staging, cloning, auto-updates and a hardening pass for the apps people actually run.

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Website builder

A Wix-class drag-and-drop builder baked right in โ€” publish a site without leaving the panel.

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Security by design

Privilege-separated root worker, openat2 jails, CSF firewall, 2FA, and a one-click GPG-verified updater.

Six looks, one panel

Your team keeps its muscle memory.

Switch the whole control panel between six built-in shells โ€” cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, HestiaCP, ISPConfig & DirectAdmin Standard. Click one to see it. (cPanel ships as the default.)

cPanel theme

Pricing

There's no catch. It's $0.

$0
per server ยท per account ยท per month ยท forever
Get started free

Ready in minutes.

Fresh AlmaLinux / Rocky / CloudLinux 9 box โ†’ a working control panel. One command, GPG-verified.

curl -sSL https://install.safeguardpanel.ca/install.sh | sudo bash