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Webmin

Web-based system administration for Unix-like servers

Remote Access & VPN ★ 6.1k stars Easy setup BSD-3-Clause

Webmin is a long-running web-based control panel for system administration of Unix and Linux servers. It manages users, services, DNS, file sharing, and much more.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • Comprehensive server admin
  • Module-based extensibility
  • User and service management
  • Mature and stable

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Mature project with 6.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in HTML

Is Webmin secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Webmin's latest release (2.670). OSV.dev lists 63 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-49243, published 2026-09-29 (15 days ago), fixed in 2.650

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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SelfHostIndex: 92 · excellent

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   :alt: SelfHostIndex health score for Webmin
   :target: https://selfhostindex.com/app/webmin/

The score is recomputed on every nightly rebuild from public repository data — see how it is calculated.

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