News

What's New

• HOSTS Editor: Added the ability to edit the system HOSTS file directly through the program settings interface.

Changes

• Default Projects: Projects available immediately after installing the program are no longer tied to any PHP module. After installing OSPanel, you need to independently select and activate the required PHP module for such projects.
• Launch with Errors: In case of problems during startup, the program no longer terminates (in most cases) but launches in a limited mode with access to settings and logs.
• Key Updates: When executing the composer self-update command, Composer's public keys are now also updated.
• Root Certificate Update: When executing the osp cacert init command, the global Root certificate is now also updated.
• Installer Behavior Change: When selecting the "Custom Installation" type, all components are now disabled by default.
• Defective Projects: Archived projects with configuration errors no longer cause a red error icon to appear in the program interface. The notification appears only after restoring the project from the archive. However, the error message continues to be recorded in the log.

Fixes

• Autostart: Fixed an issue with incorrect display of the autostart checkbox state: the value was saved correctly but displayed incorrectly.
• High Resolution Support: Adjusted font size and menu width for correct interface operation on high-resolution displays.
• Time Zone: Changing time zone settings for modules could make them impossible to launch (the error occurred in version 6.2.6).
• Icon Display: Fixed the display of icons for some program windows in the taskbar.
• Menu Commands: Fixed the operation of commands in custom menu items located within categories (the error occurred in version 6.2.6).
• Project Archive: The project archive was not displayed in the menu if all existing projects were in the archive.
• Notification Window: The OK button in the update notification window did not function as expected.
• Windows Shutdown: Fixed an issue where the program was interfering with Windows shutdown or restart (the error occurred in version 6.2.6).

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What's new

• GUI: Graphical settings interface with built-in help and convenient log viewer.
• New languages: Vietnamese, Spanish, Italian, German.
• New modules: Mailpit, MariaDB-11.4, MariaDB-11.7, MongoDB-8.0, MySQL-8.4, PHP-8.4, PostgreSQL-17, RabbitMQ-4.0, Redis-7.4, Smtp4dev.
• Third-party configuration file check: Program now checks for my.cnf and my.ini files on drive C:, helping to avoid conflicts with standard installed software.
• Ability to specify HTTP and HTTPS ports for projects: Now you can flexibly configure ports for web projects, ensuring optimal configuration and security.
• short_project_title option: When enabled, only project name will be displayed in console instead of detailed window title (tab).
• use_system_environment option: Ability to force enable system environment in all project environments.
• additional_ssl_hosts option (for modules): Option allows specifying IP addresses and domains to be added to automatically generated ssl certificate.
• ignore_shutdown_all option (for modules): When enabled, module will not be turned off by command to turn off all modules.
• Project selector: When entering osp project command without specifying project name, you can select desired project from general list by entering its number in this list. When entering osp project auto command, if you are already in project directory, project will be activated automatically. If current directory is assigned to multiple projects, first project in list will be activated.
• Menu icon themes: Additional styling options for menu icons to improve interface visual design.
• Menu font size adjustment: Users with visual impairments can set individual font size in interface menu if using Windows system scaling is inconvenient or inapplicable for some reason (for example, due to conflicts with other applications or personal preferences).
• System menu rendering support: Option enables system menu rendering for compatibility with screen reader programs, providing accessibility for visually impaired users.
• Project archive: Special section added for inactive projects (enabled = off). In menu you can manage project status: deactivate (archive) or activate (restore from archive).
• Project categories: Project categorization system implemented in program menu. Category is specified in project configuration file. Special hidden category available for service resources - projects in this category are not displayed in main menu. This is convenient for administrative tools like phpMyAdmin.

Changes

• Automatic IP address assignment: For modules using local IP addresses in 127.127.126.XXX format, automatic configuration is now used. This simplifies creation and distribution of new modules for users interested in their integration. If necessary, IP address can be manually specified in module parameters.
• Return of php-extension Ioncube: Ioncube support available again, but be careful with changing default settings as it may cause failures when launching PHP child processes through scheduler or manually.
• Separate proxy settings block for Composer: Composer proxy settings now moved to separate block, simplifying their configuration and management.
• Separation of PHP add-ons: Blackfire, FFMpeg, Ghostscript and ImageMagick now separated into distinct add-ons. This solution optimizes disk space usage and allows installing only necessary components.
• HTTP header optimization in Apache and Nginx: Popular HTTP headers disabled by default and collected in single block, avoiding header duplication and failures in some CMS.
• PHP-CGI subprocess self-management: FCGI versions of PHP modules now manage their subprocesses independently, without using php-cgi-spawner.exe, improving performance and stability.
• FCGI PHP module versions dependency on regular PHP modules: FCGI PHP module versions now use regular PHP version files, significantly saving disk space. Template variable {parent_module} added for use in FCGI PHP module version configuration templates.
• Project icon highlighting in menu: Project icons now highlighted depending on status, similar to modules, improving visual perception and navigation convenience.
• Menu usage simplification: Current profile names for modules and assigned module names for projects now displayed directly in module or project menu.
• Stack size increase in Apache and PHP 8: Default stack size increased to 8 MB, allowing processing more complex requests and scripts.
• ThreadsPerChild parameter optimization: ThreadsPerChild value reduced to 32, decreasing memory consumption after ThreadStackSize increase.
• xdebug.max_nesting_level increase in PHP 7.x: xdebug.max_nesting_level parameter increased to 512, allowing deeper nested calls without errors.
• Built-in SMTP server removal: Built-in SMTP server excluded from program due to integration of Mailpit and Smtp4dev modules, which provide similar functionality along with extended capabilities and improved flexibility when working with email.
• Domain alias processing logic change: Aliases specified as IP addresses no longer considered as IP addresses of domains under web server control.
• New domain alias processing: Domain aliases without dot symbol in name no longer supplemented with project host name and processed as full domain names.
• Important SysPrepTool operations: All important operations performed by SysPrepTool now hidden and cannot be disabled.

Fixes

• Shell launch problems for MariaDB and MongoDB modules: Fixed Shell launch for correct operation with these modules.
• Removal of outdated MySQL-5.5 and MongoDB 3.0-3.2 modules: Outdated module versions removed due to unstable operation, increasing overall system reliability.
• mod_watch and SNMP configuration adjustment: Improved configurations for mod_watch (Apache) and SNMP (PHP) to avoid service directories of these extensions appearing on system disk.
• Fixed "Request-URI Too Long" error: Adjusted Apache and Nginx settings to prevent this error.
• Fixed project launch command: Command "osp project <DOMAIN> start" now works correctly.
• Tray icon color correction: Fixed red shade of program tray icon for clearer perception.
• Task scheduler operation fix: Task scheduler now correctly interprets standard plan settings.
• Interface scaling support: Fixed program menu display on systems with enabled interface scaling, such as 4k monitors.
• Fixed program launch from disk root: Program launch now possible directly from disk root.
• Console commands operation improvement: Fixed operation of some console commands and interaction with console environments.
• IDN converter correction: Fixed IDN converter, ensuring correct conversion of domains containing hyphen.

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Open Server Panel 6 is essentially a new software product, the source code of which was written by us from scratch without looking back at old developments.

Main differences between OSPanel 6 and OSPanel 5

• Full user access to all module configuration
• Program management in console mode and via web interface (in development)
• Full process control (including monitoring and recovery after failure)
• Possibility of parallel operation of any modules (all can be enabled simultaneously)
• Ability to create module settings profiles (including configuration files and data)
• Personalization of settings for each domain (from IP to PHP version)
• SSL and IPv6 support without additional configuration
• Pre-configured environment for each module (down to entering shell/cli with one command)
• Ability to quickly change current environment in console with one command
• Huge set of third-party PHP extensions (more than 115!)
• Built-in task scheduler and SMTP server
• Correctly working Composer in all PHP modules
• 100% stability without bugs/hangs and encoding problems
• Public access to all settings/templates/languages/documentation on GitHub

Why staying on version 5 is harmful and unsafe

• Cannot simultaneously use different PHP versions for your projects
• No ability to configure module environment, therefore no normal work with modules in console
• Impossible to add new atypical modules (launch commands are hardcoded in program source!)
• Modules may not start due to incorrect config encoding with certain Windows settings
• Risk of database corruption when Windows shuts down
• Lack of stability in module operation due to outdated launch method in system
• Poor set of PHP module extensions and poorly tested Apache and PHP configuration
• Missing important file system and system settings checks
• Failures during prolonged task scheduler operation
• Unresolvable compatibility issues with new Windows versions
• Many other reasons inherent to outdated software...

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What's new

• Added NoSQL modules: MongoDB 6.0, Redis 7 (thanks alex2018)
• Added DBMS modules: MariaDB 10.7, MariaDB 10.8
• Added extensions for PHP 8.1: ioncube, rar

Changes

• Improvements in MySQL and MariaDB config to reduce memory consumption
• Nginx recompiled with OpenSSL 3.x library
• Network settings optimization checkbox enabled by default during installation
• PHP 7.2 now activated by default during installation
• All components updated to current versions

Fixes

• First launch of MySQL 8 was very slow on some systems

Warning! Windows 10 configuration specifics

This is the final update of Open Server Panel 5th branch. If you don't plan to migrate to the new 6th branch of OSPanel soon, it's recommended to update to this version, as there will be no more updates for the old branch! Public beta testing of OSPanel 6th branch is expected to begin in September.

What's new

• Added DBMS module: MariaDB 10.6
• Added extensions for PHP 8.1: amqp, apcu, igbinary, imagick, mailparse, memcached, mongodb, redis, ssh2, timezonedb, uploadprogress, xdebug, xhprof, yaml

Changes

• Minor improvements in some module configurations
• By user request, access to MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL now unrestricted by default (Caution! Mandatory DB user permission restriction configuration required if your server will be accessible from Internet)
• PostgreSQL now comes with initialized storage
• All components updated to current versions

Fixes

• Fixed deficiencies in MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB configs
• Hrtime extension didn't work in PHP 5.5 and PHP 5.6
• IMagick extension didn't work with pdf files in PHP 7.2/7.3/7.4/8.0

Warning! Windows 10 configuration specifics