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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>WHMDC: The New Self-Hosted Billing &amp; Automation Platform Entering the Hosting Market</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/10191/whmdc-the-new-self-hosted-billing-automation-platform-entering-the-hosting-market</link>
        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 12:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Industry News</category>
        <dc:creator>WHMDC</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>WHMDC</strong> is announcing a new self-hosted billing and automation platform built for hosting providers, developers, and service operators who want full control over their infrastructure without SaaS lock-in, per-client billing, or dependency-heavy stacks.</p>

<p><img src="https://whmdc.com/whmdc-logo.png" alt="" title="" /></p>

<p>The goal is to provide a modern, lightweight alternative to incumbent hosting automation platforms such as WHMCS, while addressing long-standing industry concerns including performance, security, licensing models, dependency bloat, and framework complexity.</p>

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<h2>What WHMDC Is</h2>

<p>WHMDC is a fully self-hosted billing and automation system written in <strong>pure PHP 8 + MySQL</strong>, with <strong>zero Composer or framework dependencies</strong>, allowing it to run smoothly on low-resource VPS, shared hosting environments, or any standard PHP stack.</p>

<p>It provides a complete end-to-end solution for managing clients, services, domains, automation, invoicing, support, payments and more!</p>

<hr />

<h2>Just some of the 109+ (and growing) Features</h2>

<p><strong>• Modern responsive UI</strong><br />
<strong>• Pretty URL routing (no query strings)</strong><br />
<strong>• Stripe, PayPal, Bank Transfer gateways</strong><br />
<strong>• Registrar modules: eNom + Domainbox</strong><br />
<strong>• Invoices, services, tickets, quotes, credits</strong><br />
<strong>• Multi-currency + pro-rata billing</strong><br />
<strong>• Domain search + TLD pricing manager</strong><br />
<strong>• Passkeys (WebAuthn) + email 2FA</strong><br />
<strong>• Modular plugin system (gateways, servers, registrars)</strong><br />
<strong>• Auto Login (cPanel hosting accounts auto login from the client dashboard)</strong> <br />
<strong>• 109+ core features included as standard</strong><br />
<strong>• Entirely self-hosted, putting you back in control</strong></p>

<hr />

<h2>Why WHMDC Is Entering the Market</h2>

<p>The hosting industry has relied heavily on WHMCS for more than a decade.<br />
While it remains widely used, many providers have expressed ongoing concerns about:</p>

<ul>
<li>Software aging &amp; legacy code</li>
<li>Increasing dependency complexity</li>
<li>Framework overhead</li>
<li>Recurring subscription costs</li>
<li>Paid add-ons for essential functionality</li>
<li>Slow UI evolution</li>
<li>Limited transparency around roadmap updates</li>
</ul>

<p>WHMDC aims to offer a fresh approach:</p>

<h3><strong>1. Lightweight Architecture</strong></h3>

<p>Pure PHP 8, no frameworks, no Composer—ideal for low-resource VPS and cPanel.</p>

<h3><strong>2. Full Feature Access</strong></h3>

<p>All premium features included as standard, not locked behind add-ons.</p>

<h3><strong>3. Modern Security Standards</strong></h3>

<p>Built-in passkeys, stronger session controls, and clean routing.</p>

<h3><strong>4. Predictable Ownership</strong></h3>

<p>Self-hosted, no locking, no forced ecosystem, no per-client billing.</p>

<h3><strong>5. Modern UI and UX</strong></h3>

<p>Clean, minimal, modern interface for both admin and client areas.</p>

<hr />

<h2>Early Look &amp; Screenshots</h2>

<p>Full information, preview screens, and feature list are available at:</p>

<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://" title="https://WHMDC.com">https://WHMDC.com</a></strong></p>

<hr />

<p>WHMDC is currently preparing for wider public release.<br />
Discussion, technical feedback, and industry perspectives are welcome, especially from providers interested in self-hosted alternatives or modern PHP 8 application design.</p>
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        <title>Hypervisor V2 - A Lightweight KVM Control Panel</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/9737/hypervisor-v2-a-lightweight-kvm-control-panel</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>General</category>
        <dc:creator>ReadyDedis</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Hey <strong>LES community!</strong></p>

<p>We’re thrilled to launch <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hypervisor.io/">Hypervisor V2</a></strong>, a <strong>lightweight, feature-packed KVM control panel</strong> designed to simplify VM management—whether you’re running a low-end homelab or a high-performance cloud. No bloat, no nonsense—just <strong>tools hosters actually need</strong>.</p>

<h3><strong>Why Hypervisor V2?</strong></h3>

<p><strong>Hoster-Centric Design</strong>: Built by <strong>active hosting providers</strong> who understand your pain points.<br />
<strong>24/7 Dedicated Support</strong>: Our team (real humans!) is available round-the-clock via <strong>tickets + live chat</strong>.<br />
<strong>Migration Assistance</strong>: We’ll help migrate your clusters (<strong>minimal downtime</strong>, fees for large deployments).</p>

<h3><strong>Key Features</strong></h3>

<ul>
<li><strong>Intuitive UI</strong>: Clean dashboard for VM ops (start/stop, rebuild, resize, hotplug).</li>
<li><strong>Low Resource Use</strong>: Runs smoothly on modest hardware.</li>
<li><strong>Multi-Node Control</strong>: Manage all KVM servers from <strong>one panel</strong>.</li>
<li><strong>Automated Backups</strong>: Set-and-forget VM backups.</li>
<li><strong>Template Library</strong>: Pre-loaded OS templates (AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, Debian, Windows + <strong>Cloudbase-init</strong>) + custom ISOs.</li>
<li><strong>API &amp; Automation</strong>: Integrates with WHMCS, HostBill, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Cloud-init &amp; Better Logging</strong>: Debug faster, deploy easier.</li>
<li><strong>Two-Factor Auth (2FA)</strong>: Extra security layer.</li>
</ul>

<h3><strong>Tech Stack</strong></h3>

<p>Laravel, InertiaJS, NodeJS, Socket.IO, and Bash—<strong>modern, scalable, and maintainable</strong>.</p>

<h3><strong>Pricing</strong></h3>

<ul>
<li><strong>Starting at just $2/month for a solo vm license</strong></li>
</ul>

<h3><strong>Why Trust Us?</strong></h3>

<blockquote><div>
  <p><em>"We’re not just another dev team—we’re <strong>hosters ourselves</strong>. Hypervisor V2 solves the problems we’ve faced daily."</em></p>
</div></blockquote>

<p><strong>Links:</strong><br />
- <a rel="nofollow" href="http://docs.hypervisor.io/">Documentation</a><br />
- <a rel="nofollow" href="https://service.readydedis.com/">Sign Up Now</a><br />
- <a rel="nofollow" href="https://discord.gg/t4uWKjgb">Join our Discord</a></p>

<p><strong>Questions?</strong> Ask below! We’re here to help.</p>
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        <title>Enhance Web hosting</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4277/enhance-web-hosting</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2022 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>General</category>
        <dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Not an ad, I promise! I've never heard of these guys - was about to spin up a vm and give her a quick bash.</p>

<p>Anyone tried it? Thoughts? Enhance.com - obviously it's in beta so I wouldn't use in production environment, but I do like a play around</p>
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        <title>Plesk License - Partner vs Reseller</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4477/plesk-license-partner-vs-reseller</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Requests</category>
        <dc:creator>hostarts</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Hello</p>

<p>Since 90% of our clients prefer to use Plesk rather than another panel, we are purchasing all our licenses from Plesk resellers.</p>

<p>Apparently, Plesk is charging more expensive than these guys for the only reason that they provide the support for their software. Going through the reseller usually means no support available in case of an issue.</p>

<p>Or the reseller would simply act as a forwarder between the customer and plesk Support?   <img src="https://lowendspirit.com/plugins/emojiextender/emoji/twitter/tongue.png" title=":p" alt=":p" height="18" /></p>

<p>We don't usually require support if not at all, most of the issues are easily dealt with but from time to time we would like some deeper technical information that Plesk forums will not be able to respond to.</p>

<p>There is absolutely no point in applying to become Partners when resellers exist, they get the licenses at so much cheaper, even cheaper than Partners unless you operate  30000 licensed servers.</p>

<p>We Currently use WebsoftSolus for licenses, the Web Admin VPS version comes at 6.99 Euro/mo but that reseller seems more like a ghostship as they never update their site or bother replying to tickets ( Have one open for 5 days now )</p>

<p>Cplicense.net are also some of the cheapest but they are not a EU company or something I would go with. Any other license supplier can be advised?</p>
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        <title>[HappyBee Host] Hosting VPS | Free Control Panel | Free Support and Monitoring | Starting $5/Month</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2506/happybee-host-hosting-vps-free-control-panel-free-support-and-monitoring-starting-5-month</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Offers</category>
        <dc:creator>HappyBee</dc:creator>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">2506@/index.php?p=/discussions</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://happybeehost.com">HappyBee Host</a></strong> is a high-performance, low-cost web hosting solutions provider. We operate on a diverse range of flexible products in a highly secured environment coupled with at most customer care. Within a short span of time since we have stepped into the competitive web industry, we have left our traces through our competencies, methodologies and business ethics.</p>

<p>We are currently presenting some cool offers on our Shared hosting managed Virtual servers.</p>

<h1>Hosting VPS Offers</h1>

<p>We are providing free support (Upto 5 tickets per month) and service monitoring (Apache, MySQL, FTP, Crond, cwpsrv, dovecot and Postfix) for our new clients. All servers are equipped with a Licensed CWP control Panel.</p>

<h3>SSD-CP-MINI</h3>

<p>No Coupon Code Needed!</p>

<ul>
<li>1GB RAM</li>
<li>1GB vSwap</li>
<li>1x vCPU</li>
<li>15GB SSD Space</li>
<li>750GB Transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps Uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>OpenVZ/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>$5/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=85&amp;a=add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<h3>SSD-CP-1</h3>

<p>No Coupon Code Needed!</p>

<ul>
<li>1GB RAM</li>
<li>1GB vSwap</li>
<li>4x vCPU</li>
<li>30GB SSD space</li>
<li>1TB transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>OpenVZ/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>$7/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=19&amp;a=add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<p><strong></strong></p>

<h2>OpenVZ SSD Server Offers (Unmanaged)</h2>

<p></p>

<p>Unmanaged OpenVZ SSD servers not including free support and service monitoring support.</p>

<h3>SSD-Mini</h3>

<p>No Coupon Code Needed!</p>

<ul>
<li>1GB RAM</li>
<li>1x vCPU</li>
<li>15GB SSD space</li>
<li>750GB transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>OpenVZ/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>$3/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=69&amp;a=add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<h3>SSD-1</h3>

<p>Please use the Coupon Code <strong>HPYSSD</strong> to get $3 discount on SSD-1 Virtual Server plan for the lifetime.</p>

<ul>
<li>1GB RAM</li>
<li>1GB vSwap</li>
<li>4x vCPU</li>
<li>30GB SSD space</li>
<li>1TB transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>OpenVZ/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>Coupon: HPYSSD</strong></li>
<li><strong>$4/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=10&amp;a=add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<h3>SSD-2</h3>

<p>Please use the Coupon Code <strong>HPYSSD2</strong> to get $5 discount on SSD-2 Virtual Server plan for the lifetime.</p>

<ul>
<li>2GB RAM</li>
<li>2GB vSwap</li>
<li>4x vCPU</li>
<li>40GB SSD space</li>
<li>1TB transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>OpenVZ/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>Coupon: HPYSSD2</strong></li>
<li><strong>$7/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=11add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<p><strong></strong></p>

<h2>KVM SSD Server Offers (Unmanaged)</h2>

<p></p>

<p>Unmanaged KVM servers also not offering free support and service monitoring.</p>

<h3>KVM-1</h3>

<ul>
<li>1GB RAM</li>
<li>1x vCPU</li>
<li>15GB SSD Space</li>
<li>1TB Transfer</li>
<li>1Gbps Uplink</li>
<li>1x IPv4</li>
<li>KVM/SolusVM</li>
<li><strong>$5/month</strong></li>
</ul>

<p>[<strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://hive.happybeehost.com/cart.php?a=add&amp;pid=71&amp;a=add&amp;currency=1">Order Now</a></strong>]</p>

<h3>Looking Glass:</h3>

<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://lg-uk.happybeehost.com/">https://lg-uk.happybeehost.com/</a><br />
</p><strong>Location:</strong> UK

<h3>Available OS Templates:</h3>

<ul>
<li>CentOS 8</li>
<li>CentOS 7</li>
<li>CentOS 6</li>
<li>Ubuntu 18.04</li>
<li>Ubuntu 16.04</li>
<li>Ubuntu 14.04</li>
<li>Debian 10</li>
<li>Debian 9</li>
<li>Debian 8</li>
</ul>

<h2>15-Day Money-Back Guarantee</h2>

<p>If you decide to cancel your account within 15 days of sign up, HappyBee Host will refund you the whole amount. We value customer satisfaction. You just need to <strong>open a ticket with our Billing Department</strong> and the Cancellation Type should be "<strong>Immediate</strong>".</p>
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        <title>ApisCP 18 year anniversary sale! And updates!</title>
        <link>https://lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2316/apiscp-18-year-anniversary-sale-and-updates</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Offers</category>
        <dc:creator>nem</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://apiscp.com/">ApisCP</a> turns 18 on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://old.apisnetworks.com/apnscp.php">December 26th</a>, which is a great milestone as the codebase can now buy fireworks, purchase spray paint, and get tattoos without parental consent.</p>

<p>To kick the celebration off and help everyone move past 2020, I'm bringing back the popular 50% off discount (coupon code:  <strong>ANNIVERSARY</strong> ) valid on all <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.apiscp.com/">lifetime licenses</a>. This discount is valid until January 1 or reseller support officially launches, whichever happens later.</p>

<p><strong>Pro</strong>  licenses (no domain limit) are $249,  <strong>Startup</strong>  (30 domain limit) is $79, and  <strong>Mini</strong>  (10 domain limit) is $49. These are all one-time costs. Licenses may be revoked and reissued as needed via the licensing portal, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.apiscp.com/">my.apiscp.com</a>.</p>

<p>It's an excellent excuse to move past cPanel's price creep and myriad third-party licenses with single one-time license for all. Plus, ApisCP handles <a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.apiscp.com/admin/Migrations%20-%20cPanel/">cPanel migrations</a> with excellent fidelity.</p>

<hr />

<p>On to interesting developments over the last month.</p>

<h1>CentOS Stream</h1>

<p>As we know by now  <strong>CentOS is flipping upstream</strong>  to RHEL instead of downstream. I've shared <a rel="nofollow" href="https://hq.apiscp.com/future-of-centos-in-apiscp/">my thoughts</a> on this and logged a few days of build hours on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://api.ara.apiscp.com/?label=c8s">E2E tests</a>. Unless something catastrophic happens by July, ApisCP will continue to focus on the Red Hat/CentOS ecosystem to produce the maximum integration afforded by this distro. Having faster release cycles for crucial software like systemd allows me to build more cohesive platforms with less overhead. It's a win.</p>

<h1>Reseller support</h1>

<p>Technology helps accomplish tasks with better precision.  <strong>Reseller system</strong> , which is next to launch now that the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.apiscp.com/admin/Panel%20proxy">panel proxy</a> is done, uses project quotas and cgroup subtrees to allow overselling with online resource enforcement. Resellers can allocate beyond their package allowances to sites, but the sum of all resources can never exceed the total on the reseller; unlike prevailing reseller systems this is enforced realtime by the OS.</p>

<p>Given the ambitious approach to reseller support, ApisCP will only support resellers on  <strong>CentOS 8 or Stream with xfs</strong>  filesystems. ext4 supports project quotas on 4.x kernels; however, I've not explored it to the same extent as xfs project/group/user quotas.</p>

<h1>Panel proxy</h1>

<p>Lastly,  <strong>panel proxy</strong>  as touched on earlier allows one to run multiple ApisCP nodes from a single login portal. It's been part of the magic behind Hostineer for the last 5 years and now it's cleaned up for a wider audience. Several great minds in the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://discord.gg/wDBTz6V">ApisCP Discord</a> have helped move this along. It's as simple as a couple <a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.apiscp.com/admin/Panel%20proxy/#configuration">configuration settings</a> on each node. Panel proxy is broken down into 3 separate components to enhance security. Each component can be run off a free DNS-only license issued via <a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.apiscp.com/">my.apiscp.com</a>. After reseller is implemented, I'll expand upon this to allow admin to jump locations from a single login.</p>

<p><img src="https://docs.apiscp.com/assets/img/proxy-server-topology-basic.e065c483.svg" alt="" /></p>
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