#21 in Hosting & ComputeUpdated 2026-08

Webmin

by Webmin · Web-based control panel for Unix-like server administration

45.1 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for Unix-like servers. From a browser it configures operating system internals such as users, disk quotas, services and configuration files, and manages open-source software including BIND DNS, Apache, PHP and MySQL. It is distributed as RPM, DEB, pkg and tar.gz packages, with a minimal tarball at 3.7 MB.

Best for: Sysadmins running Unix-like servers who want a browser UI for OS, service and config-file changes
Pricing: The captured pages show no prices, plans or licence terms — only package downloads.
Runs on: macOSLinux

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Configures OS internals: users, quotas, services, config files
Modules for BIND, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Nginx, nftables, systemd
Frequent releases through 2026 with fixes and new modules
About 1,000,000 yearly installations worldwide

Trade-offs

Self-hosted only; you install and update the packages yourself
Changelogs list recurring security fixes, incl. XSS and a 2FA bypass
Unix-like servers only, with Alpine Linux support described as basic
No pricing, licence or support terms shown on the page

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 40 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 82 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 70 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 0 out of 100

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