Spikster: A New Open-Source, Hosting Control Panel reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 05:22 Hello, fellow self hosters! I'm thrilled to introduce a project I've been pouring my heart into - Spikster, an open-source hosting control panel. This project was born out of a desire for an alternative to pricey platforms like Plesk and cPanel, and the continuation of the CIPI project, which has not had any updates for a long time. Spikster already has the most important functionalities to start hosting. And I am busy adding more functionalities. The project is currently still in a beta phase and I am looking for feedback. So I would like to invite anyone who likes to tinker around with website hosting to test Spikster. All feedback is welcome. Spikster is built on Laravel and Livewire, so if there is a Laravel developer here looking for a fun project to work on, I would like to invite them to [join our discord](https://discord.gg/ne99uNEetG). I look forward to turning Spikster into a community driven hosting panel. You can find more information on [our website](https://spikster.com/) and [GitHub page](https://github.com/yolanmees/Spikster) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jusepal 路 2023-10-01 05:28 Theres a typo on the site, "Settigns And API" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 05:31 Whoops, but that will probably not be the last one 馃槄 Fixed it, thanks for the catch! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- strongbull1 路 2023-10-01 05:50 Screenshots and demo link will be helpful ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 05:54 ah yes, a demo would indeed be useful, I added it to my list! Screenshots can be found on the website and github ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Murky-Sector 路 2023-10-01 06:12 Looks interesting and Im looking forward to giving it a try ---------------------------------------------------------------------- snupooh 路 2023-10-01 06:14 If It鈥檚 a control panel you should really use the gui to market it, had to click around a lot before i found a screenshot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 06:15 Nice to hear! If u do please share your feedback, all feedback is welcome and appreciated! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- snupooh 路 2023-10-01 06:20 Also dark mode guys, everyone鈥檚 eyeballs are burnt out, Looks like a cool project though! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adityaa_io 路 2023-10-01 06:35 Looks like vitodeploy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ILikeBumblebees 路 2023-10-01 06:37 Really unfortunate name. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sirrush7 路 2023-10-01 07:05 This is very interesting, but can I support hosting from my OWN server? Not a cloud service provider. But say I wanted to utilize it to manage my own server, or even sell VPS instances off of my own hardware etc? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thippo2 路 2023-10-01 07:15 I don鈥檛 see a dashboard screenshot anywhere. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sophware 路 2023-10-01 07:16 I was thinking that it would help to know where it came from. Something to get my mind off of how it comes off. ...but, no. It would just need to be renamed for me to consider using it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cup1d_stunt 路 2023-10-01 07:26 What is the matter with the name? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 11:04 Right now that is not really possible. But this is something I really want to work on in the future. I think other features will be needed before that. Like a application installer etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 11:12 I was a bit waiting with all the screenshots because it鈥檚 just in Beta, so a lot can still change. I will make sure that I add more screenshots and videos when its more final.I do like dark mode so it鈥檚 also going on the list! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DatHorseMrEd 路 2023-10-01 12:27 Interesting, I second (or third?) the comments on screenshots. State that they are "in production" screenshots and not the finished product. I feel it would attract a lot more attention. Nice work ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sirrush7 路 2023-10-01 13:31 I'd say an installer yes, but even moreso for this community, a DOCKER. I'm not going to say we're lazy as self hosters, but my entire tech stack is now running in docker-compose... Databases, website, reverse proxy, etc etc etc... But if you ever got this working for even 1 distro of Linux, I bet you'd be shocked at the amount of people interested in using it for their own server or cluster directly. I'd pay a fee for a license for something like that... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 13:55 Thanks for the feedback! I am working on a docker version, its on the roadmap and I totally agree that a docker would open it up to a lot more users. One of the reasons I posted this at this point in the development stage is to accumulate feedback, feature requests and a small community to get this going. So I鈥檓 really happy with all the feedback and will update the project with a more clear roadmap based on all the feedback. Docker will be high up on this roadmap. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sirrush7 路 2023-10-01 13:56 Ammmaazzziinngg! Thanks for the heads up! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mangoismycat 路 2023-10-01 14:15 The first four letters are a real bad slur against jewish people. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- radakul 路 2023-10-01 16:20 Agreeing with the broader sentiment - the "website" goes straight into documentation without any focus on the "what" and the "why" - showcase the product with some screenshots or maybe a demo screen recording showing how X, Y and Z functions can be performed. Most self-hosters in the community will use Docker or similar containerized infrastructure - please release a Dockerfile, or even a docker-compose image, if time allows. That's the best way to get quick feedback, because I'm not spinning up a standalone VM and running a shell script just for testing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shogobg 路 2023-10-01 18:50 I wanted to see what providers it supports on the server deployment page, but it led me to a 404 page that I couldn鈥檛 leave with the back button. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-01 19:21 Thanks for your feedback! I will definitely expand the website, it was maybe even a bit rushed. My thought was better a small docs website then just a GitHub read me. But I understand now that it is hard to get people warm about something new without proper examples. Big bullet point on my to do list now! Docker was already on the roadmap and should be added in the next release! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dry_Personality7194 路 2023-10-01 20:31 Learn something new everyday ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lighthawk16 路 2023-10-02 05:51 Yo wtf is this name? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Moultrex 路 2023-10-02 08:11 Any chance to support RHEL based OS? Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- trustMeIAmANinja 路 2023-10-02 17:23 Nice! What are you using for your docs/website? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oesinor 路 2023-10-02 18:18 Thanks! I鈥檓 using NextJS, React and TailwindCSS. The pages are written in markdown and converted with MDX. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- trustMeIAmANinja 路 2023-10-03 03:36 Looks really great. Do you plan to release the docs/website source too?