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Houston UI vs Webmin: catalog facts
Houston UI	Webmin
Free Free and open source.	Free Free to download and use.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Linux, Web, Self-hosted
Built on the widely used Cockpit framework rather than a proprietary UI stack Open source, so the management layer can be inspected or extended	Manages users, services, packages and config files from one browser interface Modules for BIND, Apache, Nginx, MySQL and other common server software
Primarily developed and tested around 45Drives' own hardware lineup Smaller plugin ecosystem than mainstream NAS OSes like OpenMediaVault	Only for Unix-like servers The interface covers many modules and can take time to learn
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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