Updated: 29 September 2026 · Applies to: Sentora 2.0.2 (stable) and the Sentora 3.0 development branch
Sentora is a free, open-source web hosting control panel for Linux, a community continuation of the older ZPanel. It manages websites, databases, mail, DNS and FTP for several client accounts on one server. This article used to show a one-line installer for CentOS and Ubuntu. That advice is out of date, so here is the current state of the project, checked on 29 September 2026 against its website and GitHub repositories.
Current status
- Stable release: Sentora 2.0.2 (May 2024). Its installer accepts only CentOS 8 and Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04. All three operating systems are past their end of life and no longer receive security updates.
- Sentora 3.0 is in active development. The development installer targets Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 12, and the project states that these builds are for testing, not for production hosting.
- Support for CentOS has been discontinued by the project.
- The short install address used in older guides (
sentora.org/install) did not return the installer script when we checked; it led to a "page not found" page after the website was rebuilt.
What this means for a new server
Do not install Sentora 2.0.2 on a new production server: you would have to run an operating system that no longer receives security fixes. If you want to evaluate Sentora 3.0, use a test server or virtual machine, follow the instructions on sentora.org and in the sentora-installers repository, and watch for a stable 3.0 release before hosting real sites.
If you already run Sentora on an old operating system, plan a move: set up a new server with a supported operating system and panel, then migrate the websites, databases and mailboxes one by one.
Supported alternatives
- Free: Webmin with Virtualmin, or Control Web Panel (CWP), both maintained for current Enterprise Linux releases. Ucartz offers managed Webmin VPS and managed CWP VPS plans.
- Commercial: cPanel & WHM or Plesk, with vendor support. See our cPanel and Plesk licenses.
Official documentation: Sentora project and Sentora installers on GitHub.
