Open source · MIT
Vexlyx runs on a single server. Ship Next.js, Node, Python and React apps, host WordPress and PHP, and manage domains, DNS, email and databases from one dashboard.
Fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server and a domain. Installs in one command.
$ VEXLYX_DOMAIN=panel.yourdomain.com curl -fsSL https://vexlyx.atlantiqs.org/install.sh | bash
==> [1/16] Preflight checks
✓ Ubuntu 24.04, running as root
==> [3/16] Installing Docker Engine + Compose
==> [9/16] Building the panel (pnpm install + build)
==> [12/16] Running database migrations
==> [14/16] Starting all services
==> [15/16] Configuring firewall (UFW)
==> [16/16] Done
Vexlyx is installed.
Panel: https://panel.yourdomain.com
Point these DNS records at 203.0.113.10:
A panel.yourdomain.com
A api.panel.yourdomain.com
A webmail.panel.yourdomain.com
A *.panel.yourdomain.com
Abridged output. Example domain and IP. Safe to re-run at any time.
panel.yourdomain.com/dashboard
Architecture
Vexlyx installs each service as a container and wires them together. Traffic reaches your server through three doors: web, email and DNS.
Web
HTTP · HTTPS
Traefik
Routing and automatic SSL
Your apps
Sites
The panel
SMTP · IMAP
Postfix + Dovecot
Send and receive
Mailboxes
Webmail
DNS
Queries on port 53
CoreDNS
Authoritative, opt-in
Your domains
Databases
Files
Operations
Two worlds
Developer platforms skip email and DNS. Classic hosting panels skip modern app deploys. Vexlyx runs both on the same server.
Modern deploys
For Next.js, Node, Python, React and anything with a Dockerfile.
Connect a GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket repo. A push redeploys through a webhook.
Nixpacks detects the framework and builds the image. Or bring your own Dockerfile.
Build and runtime logs stream to the dashboard as they happen.
Set per project, encrypted at rest, injected into the container at runtime.
Traditional hosting
For agencies and clients who still need WordPress, email and DNS.
One-click WordPress, or upload PHP files with the file manager and SFTP. No build step.
Attach domains and subdomains with automatic certificates. Keep DNS at your registrar or host it on Vexlyx.
Mailboxes, aliases, webmail and vacation replies, with SPF, DKIM and DMARC set up for you.
MySQL and PostgreSQL per project with generated credentials and Adminer.
One dashboard, one login, one backup. Both worlds share the same users, roles, firewall and audit log. Backups cover projects, databases, mail and DNS together.
Deploy flow
A push to your connected branch triggers a GitHub webhook. Or click Deploy.
Nixpacks detects the framework and builds an image. A Dockerfile works too.
Vexlyx writes the compose file and starts the container behind Traefik.
Your app gets a subdomain and a Let's Encrypt certificate. No manual routing.
webhook: push to main (a1b2c3d)
git: cloning repository
nixpacks: detected Next.js, Node 22, pnpm
nixpacks: install, build, start plan ready
nixpacks: image built
[vexlyx] Generating docker-compose.yml
[vexlyx] Starting container: image=my-app port=3000
[vexlyx] Container started: id=9f3c1d2e4a7b
RUNNING https://my-app.panel.yourdomain.com
Illustrative log. Real builds stream to the dashboard live.
Product tour
Screenshots from a running Vexlyx instance. No mockups.
Next.js apps, WordPress sites and static projects side by side, with status, connected repository and last update.
Swipe sideways to explore.
panel.yourdomain.com/projects
Operations
Certificates, backups, firewall rules and access control ship with every install. Two items are still on the roadmap, and we label them.
Let's Encrypt certificates through Traefik, renewed before they expire, with an HTTPS redirect you can enforce.
Manage UFW rules from the dashboard instead of over SSH.
Scheduled and on-demand backups of projects, databases, mail and DNS, with retention and per-item restore.
Live CPU, RAM, disk and network, history for up to 30 days, per-container usage and threshold alerts.
A record of who changed a role, deleted a user or touched the firewall.
Admin, Reseller and User roles with fine-grained permissions, quotas and optional overselling for resellers.
TOTP sign-in for panel accounts.
Panel-to-user notifications sent through your own mail server.
Under the hood
No proprietary runtime. Vexlyx orchestrates well-known open-source software, so you can inspect it, debug it and replace pieces of it.
Compare
Every cell for another product comes from that vendor's own pages, read in September 2026. Those tools are mature and widely used. Vexlyx is young, so weigh the community and track record too.
| Feature | Vexlyx | Coolify | Dokploy | CapRover | Plesk | cPanel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Licence | MIT | Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 + proprietary directory | Apache 2.0 | Commercial | Commercial |
| Entry price to self-host | Free | Free | Free | Free | From €6.60/mo | From $29.99/mo |
| Deploy Docker apps from Git | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found |
| WordPress | Yes | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in mail server | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | Yes | Yes |
| Authoritative DNS hosting | Yes, opt-in | Not found | Not found | Not found | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple users and resellers | Yes | Not found | Yes | Not found | Yes | Yes |
Not found means we did not find the feature in the vendor's own pages. It does not mean the product lacks it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
Plesk price is the Web Admin edition (10 domains) on a VPS, billed yearly. cPanel price is the Solo tier (1 account), billed monthly.
Dokploy licenses most of its code under Apache 2.0 and reserves a proprietary directory for future paid features.
Coolify and Dokploy also sell optional managed cloud plans. Self-hosting is free.
Open source
Read the code, run it on your own hardware, change it. The roadmap shows what is done and what is not, straight from the project's feature list.
91% done (60 of 66 features)
Get started
From a blank server to a running panel with a real HTTPS certificate. The installer is safe to re-run, so a failed run is fixed by running it again.
1
A fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server (x86_64 or arm64) with root access, plus a domain you control. Ports 80 and 443 must be reachable so Traefik can request a certificate. Other distributions run with a warning and may behave differently.
2
Create these A records, all pointing at your server's public IP. The installer prints the IP and the list again when it finishes, and Settings in the panel shows them later.
| Type | Name |
|---|---|
| A | panel.yourdomain.comThe dashboard |
| A | api.panel.yourdomain.comThe API the dashboard calls |
| A | webmail.panel.yourdomain.comRoundcube webmail |
| A | *.panel.yourdomain.comSubdomains of the apps you deploy |
3
As root, replace the domain with yours. To choose the admin account, add VEXLYX_ADMIN_EMAIL and VEXLYX_ADMIN_PASSWORD in front. Without a password, one is generated and shown once at the end.
$ VEXLYX_DOMAIN=panel.yourdomain.com curl -fsSL https://vexlyx.atlantiqs.org/install.sh | bash4
Open your panel domain and sign in with the admin email. If the installer generated the password, it is shown once at the end of the run and is not stored anywhere, so save it. Until DNS propagates, Traefik keeps retrying the certificate on its own.
Branch main, not a release
Piping a script into a root shell asks for trust. Download it, verify the SHA-256 checksum, read it, then run it. Downloading first also lets the installer ask for your settings interactively, which a pipe cannot.
$ curl -fsSLO https://vexlyx.atlantiqs.org/install.sh$ echo "14d3497073d7187b2a3e262bbe0763abd1688515eabed6c38ab72040c5450f61 install.sh" | sha256sum -c -$ sudo bash install.sh
SHA-256: 14d3497073d7187b2a3e262bbe0763abd1688515eabed6c38ab72040c5450f61
FAQ
A fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server (x86_64 or arm64) with root access, and a domain you control. Ports 80 and 443 must be reachable so Traefik can get a Let's Encrypt certificate. The installer targets Ubuntu 24.04; other distributions run with a warning and may behave differently.
Yes. Vexlyx is MIT licensed and free to self-host. You pay for your own server and domain, nothing to us.
Coolify, Dokploy and CapRover focus on deploying apps. Plesk and cPanel focus on traditional hosting and are commercial. Vexlyx puts both in one open-source panel: deploy a Next.js app, host a WordPress site, and run the mailboxes and DNS for the same domain.
Next.js, Node.js, Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), React with Vite, static sites, PHP, WordPress, and anything with your own Dockerfile. Projects can deploy from Git, and a push can trigger a redeploy through a GitHub webhook.
Yes. Vexlyx runs Postfix and Dovecot with Roundcube webmail, and sets up SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for you. Whether mail reaches inboxes also depends on things outside the panel: your server's IP reputation, whether your host allows outbound port 25, and reverse DNS. Vexlyx shows the records to publish and checks them against live DNS.
No. By default a domain stays at your registrar: you add an A record and a verification TXT record, and Vexlyx routes it. Hosting DNS on Vexlyx is an opt-in per domain, done by pointing the domain's nameservers at your server.
Passwords are hashed with Argon2id, sessions use HTTP-only cookies, login attempts are rate limited, and sensitive values such as database passwords and environment variables are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. Two-factor authentication is planned but not shipped yet. To report a vulnerability, use the project's security policy.
Yes. There are Admin, Reseller and User roles with fine-grained permissions, quotas, optional overselling for resellers, and an audit log of who changed what.
Run it again. Every step checks the real state of the server before acting, so a re-run only redoes what is missing. The same re-run is how you upgrade or repair an install.
Vexlyx is young. 60 of 66 planned features are built, and the roadmap above shows what is left. Established tools have longer track records and larger communities. Back up your server, try it on a non-critical site first, and read the code, which is open.
Ask in GitHub Discussions, open an issue for bugs, or read the docs. For anything else, email hello@atlantiqs.org.