mdserver-web is a simple, Apache-2.0-licensed Linux server control panel written in Python that gives administrators a browser-based way to manage websites, databases and the software stack behind them.

What it is

mdserver-web is a Linux server administration panel distributed under the Apache-2.0 licence and written in Python. It presents server management as a set of web pages rather than a sequence of shell commands, and it organises functionality through a plugin system rather than a fixed feature set. The README recommends Debian as the operating system of choice, while the compatibility badges also list EulerOS, Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS. In this registry the project sits under Infrastructure and Operations, in the databases group.

The problem it solves is the gap between hand-editing configuration files and a full hosting control panel. The author writes that on seeing BT.CN, a widely used web management panel, he recognised page-based management as what he wanted, copied the backend management interface and reimplemented it. mdserver-web does not replace the underlying services; it supplies the management layer over them, installing and controlling a typical hosting stack — OpenResty, one or more PHP versions, and a choice of relational or key-value databases — from one browser interface. It replaces manual, command-line administration of that stack and reimplements the BT.CN administration interface.

Key capabilities

• Plugin-based management covering OpenResty, PHP versions listed as PHP[53-85], MySQL, MariaDB, MySQL[community], MongoDB, PostgreSQL, phpMyAdmin, Memcached, Redis, PureFtpd, Gogs and Rsyncd.
• Built-in SSH terminal tool.
• Website backup function.
• Panel favourites for bookmarking frequently used pages.
• Plugin development surface: published plugins and examples live under the mw-plugin organisation, including simple-plugin as the example and op_auth as an OP authentication plugin, with development documentation on the project wiki.
• Command-line entry points documented as mw default and mw dev, with a compatibility test report in compatibility.md and common command notes in cmd.md.
• Documented version pairings: phpMyAdmin 4.4.15 with MySQL 5.5-5.7 and PHP 53-72; phpMyAdmin 5.2.1 with MySQL 8.0+ and PHP 72-84.

Who uses it and how

• Single-server administrators running one Linux host, Debian recommended, who want page-based control of the web server, PHP runtimes and databases.
• Operators who need several PHP versions side by side, since the PHP plugin spans PHP[53-85] and the phpMyAdmin notes split support across PHP 53-72 and PHP 72-84.
• Docker users running the community-maintained image ddsderek/mw-server:latest, which starts privileged and publishes ports 7200, 80, 443 and 888.
• Plugin authors and integrators, who publish through the mw-plugin organisation and raise issues to share or request work.
• Community members who seek support through the Telegram group and the bbs.midoks.icu forum.

Getting started

Install runs through the shell installer served by jsDelivr: bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/midoks/mdserver-web@latest/scripts/install.sh), with update.sh and uninstall.sh alongside it and mirror addresses on raw.githubusercontent.com and code.midoks.icu. A Docker alternative is published as ddsderek/mw-server:latest from the DDS-Derek repository.

How it compares

BT.CN is the reference point named in the README: mdserver-web reimplements that panel's backend management interface rather than interoperating with it, and it ships as an independent Apache-2.0 project in Python. The README's declaration states that the project does not sell anything, does not monitor beyond usage statistics and does not inject viruses; beyond BT.CN, the facts name no other comparable panel, and this registry lists no paid products that mdserver-web is documented as replacing.

When to use it — and when not to

The panel needs privileged access to the host to install and manage services, and the Docker route makes this explicit by running with the privileged flag. Plugin documentation is described as incomplete and the README is written in Chinese, so operators who need mature English documentation or formal commercial support, or who will not give a management interface root-level control of a server, should look elsewhere. The most recent release noted, 0.18.6, is described only as routine optimisation, which makes this a panel to adopt when the page-based model fits the workflow rather than for a fast feature cadence.

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phpMyAdmin[4.4.15]支持MySQL[5.5-5.7]
phpMyAdmin[5.2.1]支持MySQL[8.0+]

PHP[53-72]支持phpMyAdmin[4.4.15]
PHP[72-84]支持phpMyAdmin[5.2.1]

docker run -itd --name mw-server --privileged=true -p 7200:7200 -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -p 888:888 ddsderek/mw-server:latest

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/midoks/mdserver-web@latest/scripts/install.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/midoks/mdserver-web@latest/scripts/update.sh)

wget --no-check-certificate -O uninstall.sh https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/midoks/mdserver-web@latest/scripts/uninstall.sh && bash uninstall.sh

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/install.sh)
bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://code.midoks.icu/midoks/mdserver-web/raw/branch/master/scripts/install.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/master/scripts/update.sh)

wget --no-check-certificate -O uninstall.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/master/scripts/uninstall.sh && bash uninstall.sh

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/quick/app.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/install.sh)
bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/update.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/install_dev.sh)
bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/update_dev.sh)

wget --no-check-certificate -O install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/install.sh && bash install.sh

wget --no-check-certificate -O uninstall.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/uninstall.sh && bash uninstall.sh

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/quick/debug.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://code.midoks.icu/midoks/mdserver-web/raw/branch/dev/scripts/install.sh)
bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://code.midoks.icu/midoks/mdserver-web/raw/branch/dev/scripts/update.sh)

bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://code.midoks.icu/midoks/mdserver-web/raw/branch/dev/scripts/install_dev.sh)
bash <(curl --insecure -fsSL https://code.midoks.icu/midoks/mdserver-web/raw/branch/dev/scripts/update_dev.sh)

curl --insecure -fsSL  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/old/install.sh | bash
curl --insecure -fsSL  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/midoks/mdserver-web/dev/scripts/old/update.sh | bash

cd /www/server/mdserver-web rm -rf lib
cd /www/server/mdserver-web && rm -rf lib64
cd /www/server/mdserver-web && rm -rf bin
cd /www/server/mdserver-web && rm -rf include

mw update/mw update_dev/mw dev