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Reqad is a free, open-source hosting control panel for Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux and RHEL 8/9. Migrate from cPanel/Plesk, manage email (exim/dovecot/Roundcube/SpamAssassin), WordPress, multiple PHP versions, SSL and DNS - optimized and secure.
Reqad, a free open-source control panel for self-hosting your own sites and email
I've been building Reqad for a few years now, it's a free, open-source (GPL-3) control panel for Rocky/Alma/RHEL 8 & 9. It's made for running a single VPS, so it's a great fit if you want to self-host a few sites, your own email, and WordPress without paying for cPanel or getting locked in.
It handles the usual stuff from one dashboard: websites and domains, email (with spam filtering and webmail), DNS, free Let's Encrypt SSL, WordPress, databases, and backups. Setup is a single install command on a fresh VPS.
Regarding AI: I started this project 8 years ago, long before AI. I use no AI until January 2026. Since then I used AI to modify existing code, to add new features and to review code.
Migration from cPanel looks solid, but one thing that would save me a ton of time is a built-in staging environment for WordPress sites, basically a one-click clone to a subdomain with a separate database so I can test updates and plugin changes safely before pushing live. Would round out the management features nicely.
Solid option for anyone stuck paying cPanel fees. The multi-PHP support and built-in WordPress management covered everything I needed to migrate a couple of client sites off Plesk without much hassle.
About Reqad on Product Hunt
“Open-source, self-hosted hosting control panel”
Reqad was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #129 on the daily leaderboard. Reqad is a free, open-source hosting control panel for Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux and RHEL 8/9. Migrate from cPanel/Plesk, manage email (exim/dovecot/Roundcube/SpamAssassin), WordPress, multiple PHP versions, SSL and DNS - optimized and secure.
Reqad was featured in Linux (7.7k followers), Open Source (68.6k followers), WordPress (21.5k followers), GitHub (41.3k followers) and Vercel Day (26 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 43.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Reqad?
Reqad was hunted by Daniel Toma. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Daniel Toma
Reqad, a free open-source control panel for self-hosting your own sites and email
I've been building Reqad for a few years now, it's a free, open-source (GPL-3) control panel for Rocky/Alma/RHEL 8 & 9. It's made for running a single VPS, so it's a great fit if you want to self-host a few sites, your own email, and WordPress without paying for cPanel or getting locked in.
It handles the usual stuff from one dashboard: websites and domains, email (with spam filtering and webmail), DNS, free Let's Encrypt SSL, WordPress, databases, and backups. Setup is a single install command on a fresh VPS.
Regarding AI: I started this project 8 years ago, long before AI. I use no AI until January 2026. Since then I used AI to modify existing code, to add new features and to review code.
Manage everything from one clean dashboard:
Hosting accounts with disk-usage monitoring
Email: Exim, Dovecot, Roundcube webmail, SpamAssassin, plus SPF/DKIM/SRS, forwarders & autoresponders
DNS management (Cloudflare, PowerDNS, and cPanel/WHM backends)
Let's Encrypt / ACME SSL certificates
WordPress toolkit — one-click install with Wordfence integration
Multiple PHP versions (7.x/8.x) with OPcache, APCu, and a php.ini editor
MySQL/MariaDB administration with phpMyAdmin
cPanel account migration / import wizard
Browser terminal, SSH key management, cron jobs, and full backups
Account-level file manager with CodeMirror editor
Why Reqad:
No per-account licensing and no vendor lock-in — unlimited domains and email
Single-admin model, optimized for one VPS
Hardened security defaults: isolated PHP-FPM pools, CSF firewall, monit monitoring
Predictable costs vs. commercial per-account pricing
Plain PHP, no heavy framework — fast and easy to audit
Supported OS: Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, RHEL 8 & 9