HestiaCP 1.9.6 released - Open source hosting control panel

niceboy · May 31

Much awaited HestiaCP updates finally released!

Please do support HestiaCP as it seems the future for all of us ( if not yet read, pl do read this )

Website : https://www.hestiacp.com

Support forum : https://forum.hestiacp.com

Github : https://github.com/hestiacp/hestiacp

1.9.6 - Service Release Latest
Bug fixes

Fix: Webmail DNS record with alias inconsistencies (#5074)
Fix: Rebuilding mail domains removes webmail SSL config (#5354)
Bump Roundcube to version 1.6.16 (#5357)

1.9.5 Service Release

Features

Add support for PHP 8.4 in Quick Install apps
Improve security and performance optimizations
Bug fixes
Fix: Cleanup argument handling and improve kv parsing (#5309)
Fix: 421 error on all web and mail domains after Apache 2.4.64 update
Fix: Set default SOA retry value to 1800 for DENIC compliance
Fix domain alias replacement logic when changing web domain
Fix ipv4_cidr validation
Update magento.tpl / magento.stpl for healthcheck support
Add: Show user and bandwidth quota in the dashboard
Sort backup file list before retention check
Improve logging of Spamhaus DQS lookups without exposing query key
Bump Roundcube to version 1.6.11
Remove the apache2-suexec-pristine package from the Debian installer
Fix domain redirects not being suspended
Ensure newline at end of hestiaweb user crontab
Allow slash when adding username to smtp relay
Prevent empty user variable from affecting multiple scripts
Fix editing Panel Cronjobs for hestiaweb
Fix missing dependency proftpd-mod-crypto on Ubuntu
Fix the way Hestia validates chain certificate
Class change for latest version of file manager

ManishPant · May 31

HestiaCP is good and simple. I already use it for my own production project

Discover · June 1

Thanks for the heads up! Good to see HestiaCP still actively maintained with steady releases. The Apache 2.4.64 fix in 1.9.5 is a relief, that 421 error was a nasty one to hit unexpectedly on production. PHP 8.4 support in Quick Install apps is a nice addition too.

Been running HestiaCP on a couple of VPS for personal and it's honestly one of the cleanest free panels out there right now. Lightweight, no bloat, and the team actually listens to the community.

Worth supporting the project if you can.

Boogeyman · June 2

@ManishPant said: HestiaCP is good and simple. I already use it for my own production project

You might want to check for IOCs. Also the fact they didn't mention CVE-2026-43634 on release notes is a red flag.

ManishPant · June 2

@Boogeyman said:

@ManishPant said: HestiaCP is good and simple. I already use it for my own production project

You might want to check for IOCs. Also the fact they didn't mention CVE-2026-43634 on release notes is a red flag.

Thank you will definitely look into this!

Mumbly · June 2

And still no Debian 13 support

nameserver · June 2

@Mumbly said:
And still no Debian 13 support

I have mine installed on debian 13, works.

dosai · June 2

@nameserver said:

@Mumbly said:
And still no Debian 13 support

I have mine installed on debian 13, works.

It didn't work for me.

root@us3:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.5
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
root@us3:~# bash hst-install.sh
****************************************************
Your operating system (OS) is not supported by
Hestia Control Panel. Officially supported releases:
****************************************************
  Debian 11, 12
  Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 LTS

nameserver · June 2

@dosai said:

@nameserver said:

@Mumbly said:
And still no Debian 13 support

I have mine installed on debian 13, works.

It didn't work for me.

root@us3:~# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="13"
VERSION="13 (trixie)"
VERSION_CODENAME=trixie
DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.5
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
root@us3:~# bash hst-install.sh
****************************************************
Your operating system (OS) is not supported by
Hestia Control Panel. Officially supported releases:
****************************************************
  Debian 11, 12
  Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 LTS

Sorry nvm, I forgot I downgraded a specific vm just to install hestiacp.

rcy026 · June 2

@niceboy said:
Much awaited HestiaCP updates finally released!

Please do support HestiaCP as it seems the future for all of us ( if not yet read, pl do read this )

Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

niznet · June 2

@rcy026 said: Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

I'm feeling like it's not even to be in active development again, just regular maintenance patches like security, most of changes now are from PR made by people.

Falzo · June 2

@niznet said:

@rcy026 said: Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

I'm feeling like it's not even to be in active development again, just regular maintenance patches like security, most of changes now are from PR made by people.

It is simply short on development capacity, yes. people do have a life and changing priorities eventually 🤷🏻‍♂️

Good thing it's opensource so can be forked and taken further by anyone who wants to step in.

niznet · June 2

@Falzo said: Good thing it's opensource so can be forked and taken further by anyone who wants to step in.

Yeah, they are the only ones I know of who don't lock any features behind a paywall too.

elliotc · June 2

I miss the days when 1GB of RAM was enough to run a bunch of web pages. My current setup is all K3S on 4GB+ ram , but if RAM prices keep rising, I might have to trade at least some of my 4GB RAM for 1GB.

Falzo · June 2

@niznet said:

@Falzo said: Good thing it's opensource so can be forked and taken further by anyone who wants to step in.

Yeah, they are the only ones I know of who don't lock any features behind a paywall too.

Yeah, the thing is, if you start commercialisation with such a project, the demands increase exponentially.

Would it be a way, to buy some dev capacity for a while? Probably yes.
Yet the core team always was using the panel themselves, and that self interest is the best and main driver which you cannot buy anyways.

The downside is, that it is not easy to find and bring in more people with the same goal.

And then you'll end up with only a bit of maintenance and some fixing for a while, till it eventually comes to a halt.

The Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26 support is still planned though...

rcy026 · June 2

@niznet said:

@rcy026 said: Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

I'm feeling like it's not even to be in active development again, just regular maintenance patches like security, most of changes now are from PR made by people.

There are at least a couple of forks where people have started to develop ipv6 support, but allowing anything to merge back in to main seems to be low priority, to not say even frowned upon.
I mean there have been unofficial patches floating around for years that makes it possible to use ipv6 in Hestia, so it's not like it's an impossible feat.

Falzo · June 2

@rcy026 said:

@niznet said:

@rcy026 said: Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

I'm feeling like it's not even to be in active development again, just regular maintenance patches like security, most of changes now are from PR made by people.

There are at least a couple of forks where people have started to develop ipv6 support, but allowing anything to merge back in to main seems to be low priority, to not say even frowned upon.
I mean there have been unofficial patches floating around for years that makes it possible to use ipv6 in Hestia, so it's not like it's an impossible feat.

That is because if you merge something back, it needs proper review and shouldn't be done just like that.

If a topic then is as broad as IPv6 and affects a lot of base functionality but no one from the team has a real self interest in it, you'll lack exactly the needed efforts for proper review.

luckypenguin · June 2

@Falzo said: The Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26 support is still planned though...

Will be available after Debian 14 will be released?

Falzo · June 3

@luckypenguin said:

@Falzo said: The Debian 13 and Ubuntu 26 support is still planned though...

Will be available after Debian 14 will be released?

Soon™

rcy026 · June 3

@Falzo said:

@rcy026 said:

@niznet said:

@rcy026 said: Kind of hard to see a future without ipv6, which Hestia for some reason seems very reluctant to implement.

I'm feeling like it's not even to be in active development again, just regular maintenance patches like security, most of changes now are from PR made by people.

There are at least a couple of forks where people have started to develop ipv6 support, but allowing anything to merge back in to main seems to be low priority, to not say even frowned upon.
I mean there have been unofficial patches floating around for years that makes it possible to use ipv6 in Hestia, so it's not like it's an impossible feat.

That is because if you merge something back, it needs proper review and shouldn't be done just like that.

If a topic then is as broad as IPv6 and affects a lot of base functionality but no one from the team has a real self interest in it, you'll lack exactly the needed efforts for proper review.

Yes, that is basically exactly what I'm saying. They do not want it, for some reason.

Falzo · June 3

@rcy026 said:

@Falzo said:

If a topic then is as broad as IPv6 and affects a lot of base functionality but no one from the team has a real self interest in it, you'll lack exactly the needed efforts for proper review.

Yes, that is basically exactly what I'm saying. They do not want it, for some reason.

not some but this :-)

I am not really actively involved anymore, but still consider myself part of them , hence I just wanted to clarify...

rcy026 · June 3

@Falzo said:

@rcy026 said:

@Falzo said:

If a topic then is as broad as IPv6 and affects a lot of base functionality but no one from the team has a real self interest in it, you'll lack exactly the needed efforts for proper review.

Yes, that is basically exactly what I'm saying. They do not want it, for some reason.

not some but this :-)

I am not really actively involved anymore, but still consider myself part of them , hence I just wanted to clarify...

Just to clarify since I just realized my comments might not have had the tone I intended. Hestia is an awesome panel and credits where credits due, if you were in any way involved then thank you. Believe me, I am well aware of the amount of work that goes into a project like this, and I have nothing but respect and admiration for the people that do it for free.
Still, it very much annoys me that there seems to be some sort of resistance against implementing ipv6. The grunt work has been done, several times, by people not involved with the project, work that is now wasted since it was not merged in time.
Hestia is without a doubt one of the better free panels out there, it just bugs me that the lack of ipv6 is holding it back and will soon make it completely obsolete.

Levi · June 3

The project is stalling. Main devs loosing interest, because of life. Please, anyone, who still able to code - contribute. Hestia lacks a ton of features due to stalling.

diwakerd · June 4

@Levi said:
The project is stalling. Main devs loosing interest, because of life. Please, anyone, who still able to code - contribute. Hestia lacks a ton of features due to stalling.

hestia is active we will fork it once we see its dead.

Levi · June 4

@diwakerd said:

@Levi said:
The project is stalling. Main devs loosing interest, because of life. Please, anyone, who still able to code - contribute. Hestia lacks a ton of features due to stalling.

hestia is active we will fork it once we see its dead.

No, you won't.

Hestia is very complicated piece of software. PHP, JS and bash hybrid. There is a reason why it's development stall besides life:

complicated code base. Bash was not the best choice in the long term. Python would be.
lack of monetary incentive. Donations is abysmal.
Better competition: Webmin, ISPconfig.

Similar fate destroyed vesta panel. Here is the last struggle: https://vestacp.com/docs/vesta-2-update (does not correlate with this)

I guess this is outcome of LLM crazze. Either you feed your own project to it and "evolve", or you just pivot to other projects where LLM is used. That's why I call the last dynosaurs who are able to code by hand. They should have curiosity for such project. Maybe.

diwakerd · June 4

@Levi said:

@diwakerd said:

@Levi said:
The project is stalling. Main devs loosing interest, because of life. Please, anyone, who still able to code - contribute. Hestia lacks a ton of features due to stalling.

hestia is active we will fork it once we see its dead.

No, you won't.

Hestia is very complicated piece of software. PHP, JS and bash hybrid. There is a reason why it's development stall besides life:

complicated code base. Bash was not the best choice in the long term. Python would be.

lack of monetary incentive. Donations is abysmal.

Better competition: Webmin, ISPconfig.

Similar fate destroyed vesta panel. Here is the last struggle: https://vestacp.com/docs/vesta-2-update (does not correlate with this)

I guess this is outcome of LLM crazze. Either you feed your own project to it and "evolve", or you just pivot to other projects where LLM is used. That's why I call the last dynosaurs who are able to code by hand. They should have curiosity for such project. Maybe.

We already using heavily customized version of hestia from last 2 year overall its an open source any one can fork it and use it and yes by using llm we can summarize code base quickly this is the best use of llm and plan further

Falzo · June 4

@Levi said:

@diwakerd said:

@Levi said:
The project is stalling. Main devs loosing interest, because of life. Please, anyone, who still able to code - contribute. Hestia lacks a ton of features due to stalling.

hestia is active we will fork it once we see its dead.

No, you won't.

Hestia is very complicated piece of software. PHP, JS and bash hybrid. There is a reason why it's development stall besides life:

complicated code base. Bash was not the best choice in the long term. Python would be.

lack of monetary incentive. Donations is abysmal.

Better competition: Webmin, ISPconfig.

Similar fate destroyed vesta panel. Here is the last struggle: https://vestacp.com/docs/vesta-2-update (does not correlate with this)

I guess this is outcome of LLM crazze. Either you feed your own project to it and "evolve", or you just pivot to other projects where LLM is used. That's why I call the last dynosaurs who are able to code by hand. They should have curiosity for such project. Maybe.

I fully agree with this analysis. Regular "webhosting" and the businesses around it will are changing. It is much easier to start with some AI driven websitebuilder for free and eventually go premium at some monthly subscription like most people do for streaming and other services nowadays.

Buying a webhosting account and having some friend or family member set up your page any eventually use an agency and whatnot isn't the way anymore.

With this decrease the (public) need for such software will also disappear. Potentially some companies who use it heavily will fork it and customize it to keep their own setup alive

But again with the way it already is set up, using a wide mix of sources and codes and even deploying via an apt repo that needs its own maintenance and complicates the release cycle... taking over and moving forward is no easy task.

The Vesta example is a good one. Someone bought it or at least claimed to invest and yet results are not in sight.

And even if someone who customided it for themselves the quedtions remains, if they realky want to on the burden to carry the flame and make it publicly available in an easy usable way.

stablecloud · June 4

Sad to see what was once great software die a slow death like this.

atandabo · June 5

cloudpanel better for lighweight vm if no need for dns control, and simply use cloudflare or amazon route 53

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