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Updates / Re: Is CWP dead? Looking for alternatives

« Last post by saviorhost on January 11, 2026, 12:40:43 PM »

I'm really worried about this too. I'm currently looking for a different panel.

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Updates / Is CWP dead? Looking for alternatives

« Last post by kandalf on January 11, 2026, 11:58:23 AM »

I have several production servers running CWP, but it feels completely abandoned. No relevant updates for years, security issues take forever to fix with zero communication, and the changelog is stagnant.

PHP is at 8.5 but we're stuck on 8.3. Roundcube, Nginx, Apache versions are all outdated and never updated.

What do you recommend? I'm seriously considering moving to cPanel despite the cost. I like CWP's features (PHP, Node.js, backups, mail server), but everything feels dated. Support is terrible, no blog or notifications about critical updates.

What alternatives exist? Is anyone else feeling this way? What other panels have similar tools but a more active community?

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CSF Firewall / Should we update CSF to V15??

« Last post by kandalf on January 11, 2026, 11:48:59 AM »

CSF updates stopped in August. What's the recommended approach: update to V15 or use the workaround from https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/csf-firewall-error-oops-unable-to-download-no-host-option-provided/ to keep v14.24?

I need some opinions, I have multiple servers and I want to go to a secure approach

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Purelaise on January 08, 2026, 09:50:30 AM »

Yes, you should be able to go from the closed source (14.24) to the open source version (15+).

Starburst, have you at all dabbled with the other major CSF fork, Sentinel Firewall?
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel

1. Yes, you can follow the upgrade guide on the KB to go from 14.24 to 15.08

2. Yea, Sentinel is being maintained by some cPanel admins, and is their primary focus.
As such, they aren't too worried about other panels or OS'es.
Where I asked Aetherinox to support AL10.
Also gave him a CWPpro license for testing.

Thanks that worked! Is there any thing we need to do to enable auto updating from the new source or just keep it manual?

Thanks

The new update re-enables auto update checks, as long as those config files where unlocked when CSF was updated.

Brilliant!

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Migration from other control panels / Re: Problem when unzipping the file

« Last post by anandmys on January 08, 2026, 06:58:48 AM »

Took a new backup

Retried today.

Restore scree still stuck at 1st step

But Looks like account is restored

Not sure if CWP has fixed this issue.

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Starburst on January 07, 2026, 11:23:04 PM »

Yes, you should be able to go from the closed source (14.24) to the open source version (15+).

Starburst, have you at all dabbled with the other major CSF fork, Sentinel Firewall?
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel

1. Yes, you can follow the upgrade guide on the KB to go from 14.24 to 15.08

2. Yea, Sentinel is being maintained by some cPanel admins, and is their primary focus.
As such, they aren't too worried about other panels or OS'es.
Where I asked Aetherinox to support AL10.
Also gave him a CWPpro license for testing.

Thanks that worked! Is there any thing we need to do to enable auto updating from the new source or just keep it manual?

Thanks

The new update re-enables auto update checks, as long as those config files where unlocked when CSF was updated.

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Purelaise on January 07, 2026, 12:21:40 PM »

Yes, you should be able to go from the closed source (14.24) to the open source version (15+).

Starburst, have you at all dabbled with the other major CSF fork, Sentinel Firewall?
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel

1. Yes, you can follow the upgrade guide on the KB to go from 14.24 to 15.08

2. Yea, Sentinel is being maintained by some cPanel admins, and is their primary focus.
As such, they aren't too worried about other panels or OS'es.
Where I asked Aetherinox to support AL10.
Also gave him a CWPpro license for testing.

Thanks that worked! Is there any thing we need to do to enable auto updating from the new source or just keep it manual?

Thanks

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Starburst on January 06, 2026, 09:55:27 PM »

A developer named Aetherinox has forked CSF, and is actively supporting it, along with updates for CWP.

Please see the following KB, if you would like to update to this new fork and version:

https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/

If you can, please support him also.

I am currently running v14.24 - can i go straight to this?

Thanks

Yes, you can.
But if you have any CSF files locked with chattr, you just need to unlock them first.

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Starburst on January 06, 2026, 09:54:48 PM »

A developer named Aetherinox has forked CSF, and is actively supporting it, along with updates for CWP.

Please see the following KB, if you would like to update to this new fork and version:

https://starburst.help/control-web-panel-cwp/control-web-panel-cwp-admin-tutorials/aetherinox-csf-firewall-update-to-v15-09/

If you can, please support him also.

Everything went fine up to the last csf -v:

[root@viking csf]# csf -v
                                                                       
    INFO               ConfigServer Security & Firewall     
                       v15.08 (CentOS Web Panel)
                       License: Invalid
                       Stable Channel | Insiders Channel


  LOCALINPUT  all opt    in !lo out *  ::/0  -> ::/0  
    INFO               Initializing csfpost script /usr/local/csf/bin/csfpost.sh
    INFO               CSF web interface disabled; skipping.

Yea, CWP doesn't understand color codes. :/
This is fixed in 15.09 when it comes out.

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CSF Firewall / Re: Continued CWP support with new CSF fork

« Last post by Starburst on January 06, 2026, 09:53:35 PM »

Yes, you should be able to go from the closed source (14.24) to the open source version (15+).

Starburst, have you at all dabbled with the other major CSF fork, Sentinel Firewall?
https://github.com/sentinelfirewall/sentinel

1. Yes, you can follow the upgrade guide on the KB to go from 14.24 to 15.08

2. Yea, Sentinel is being maintained by some cPanel admins, and is their primary focus.
As such, they aren't too worried about other panels or OS'es.
Where I asked Aetherinox to support AL10.
Also gave him a CWPpro license for testing.