Cockpit
Web-based graphical interface for Linux servers
Cockpit is a web-based server management interface that lets administrators monitor and control Linux systems through a browser. It handles services, storage, networking, and a terminal.
Key features
- Browser-based server admin
- Built-in terminal
- Service and storage management
- Multi-server dashboard
Strengths
- Released under the LGPL-2.1 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 14.8k GitHub stars
- Written in JavaScript
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