# DirectAdmin

Proprietary web hosting control panel for managing websites, email, DNS and databases on Linux servers, with a paid license per server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/directadmin/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.directadmin.com/
- docs: https://docs.directadmin.com/
- pricing: https://www.directadmin.com/pricing.php
- plugins: https://www.directadmin.com/extras-plugins.php
- forum: https://forum.directadmin.com/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: JBMC Software
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: CA

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: binary
- language: unknown
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mariadb, mysql
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: yes, 10+ languages

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: web-based installer script

### License

- licenseModel: commercial
- license: proprietary

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: unknown
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: unknown
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://docs.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.directadmin.com/pricing.php (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.directadmin.com/extras-plugins.php (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.directadmin.com/policies.php (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.directadmin.com/policies.php (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://www.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- adminUi: https://www.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- i18n: https://www.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://docs.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.directadmin.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://docs.directadmin.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://www.directadmin.com/ (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://www.directadmin.com/pricing.php (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://docs.directadmin.com/directadmin/general-usage/directadmin-binary/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://www.directadmin.com/features_list.php (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://docs.directadmin.com/getting-started/installation/ (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.713.html (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://docs.directadmin.com/changelog/version-1.713.html (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

DirectAdmin is a web hosting control panel for Linux servers. The [homepage](https://www.directadmin.com/) describes it as a web hosting control panel with a web interface for administrators, resellers and users. The [install guide](https://docs.directadmin.com/getting-started/installation/) sets it up with a setup script run as root on a clean server, through either a web-based installer or the command line. Once installed, the panel runs as a service on the server: its task queue restarts a service that has crashed, and the control panel answers on a port of that server.

## Worth knowing

DirectAdmin is proprietary and sold by license, and a [client account](https://www.directadmin.com/) is required to buy one. The retail license tiers differ in how many accounts and domains they allow, and the Pro Pack feature set was retired so that every license carries the same features. The product runs on the server itself, so it needs a host where the operator can install software as root, and the install guide asks for a server that runs one of the supported Linux distributions.

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