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1Panel vs Baota Panel

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Disclaimer​

These are just personal opinions. No conflicts of interest. Just some thoughts.

TL;DR​

Just go with 1Panel

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Whether to Use a Panel​

For formal projects, I never use panels. Servers are expensive, budgets are limited, technical investment is high, panels are optional. For informal projects, I always use panels. They're convenient and quick.

Panel Advantages​

  • Panels can greatly reduce operational complexity
  • Some built-in functions are quite effective

Panel Disadvantages​

  • Consumes resources
  • May have bugs and security risks
  • Some details can't be fine-tuned

Baota​

Baota panel is quite popular. At first, I even wrote several Cloudflare plugins for it. The problem is, the bt team doesn't seem interested in building an ecosystem.

Advantages​

  • High market share, lots of tutorials
  • Many good open source software deployments have Baota tutorials
  • Decent ecosystem

Disadvantages​

  • Privacy leaks. Yes, I'm using a panel, why do you need my phone number?!
  • Various strange payment points
  • Poor performance

1Panel​

I've been using 1Panel since it was first open-sourced. This Docker-based panel is actually excellent and should be a no-brainer recommendation.

Advantages​

  • Based on Docker
  • Frequent updates (maybe for a reason)
  • Visibly expanding ecosystem
  • Basic features are free

Disadvantages​

  • Recently started rushing things. Has low-level SQL injection bugs
  • Menu design is very rough. Many places lack logic. Interface narrative ability like a 25-year-old virgin
  • Can't set quick access for commonly used functions
  • Started charging and trapped paying users

Conclusion​

Still recommend using 1Panel. The Docker ecosystem can be quite good. And this company is clearly putting in effort.