Version History

What's changed

Every update to hstPanel — the marketing site, installer, and panel application.

v2.1.0
March 26, 2026
Marketing Site Pricing Installer Deployed
Marketing Site — Full Redesign
Complete rewrite of index.html with a dark-navy cPanel-inspired layout
Hero section — two-column layout: left copy/CTAs, right pure-CSS WHM dashboard mockup (sidebar, topbar, stat cards, account rows — no images)
Stats band — key numbers: $49 starting price, 1 command install, 13+ components, $0/mo recurring
"Why hstPanel" — 3-pillar section: Deploy in minutes, Own it completely, Scale without penalties
"Who it's for" — 4-card audience grid: Freelancers, Web Agencies, VPS Providers, Sysadmins
Features grid — 9 feature cards with icons covering all major panel capabilities
Comparison table — hstPanel vs cPanel vs Plesk on 9 criteria
Install section — 3-step guide + full 13-component "what installs" list
Testimonials — 3 quote cards from freelancer, agency owner, indie hoster
FAQ accordion — 6 questions with open/close animation
CTA banner — one-command install with click-to-copy
Footer — 4-column layout: brand, product links, compare links, support
Active section highlighting in navbar as user scrolls; scrolled state (background darkens); mobile hamburger menu; fully responsive
Pricing — 4 Plans
Solo — $49 one-time · 1 server · up to 5 domains
Pro — $249 one-time · 1 server · unlimited domains · Most Popular badge
Agency — $699 one-time · 1 server · unlimited domains + white-label branding
Unlimited — $1,398 one-time · unlimited servers · all features (new in this release)
Per-server clarification note below pricing grid; JSON-LD schema updated with all 4 plans
License Key System
"Get License — {Plan}" buttons on each pricing card open a generation modal
Modal collects name + email; generates key in format HSTP-{PLAN}-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
Key displayed with copy button; per-server notice shown before generation
"Get License" nav link added (highlighted in blue); logo/name links to homepage
Installer (install.sh)
Tagline updated: "Install for Dummies" (was "Install for dumb people") in ASCII art banner
Coloured output, OS detection, retry logic, FAILED_COMPONENTS tracking, final summary
Supports: Ubuntu 22/24, Debian 11/12, CentOS Stream 9, Rocky Linux 9
Live Deployment
Site live at https://hstpanel.net — Apache vhost, HTTPS/SSL, DocumentRoot /home/hstpanel/public_html/
Deploy method: SSH into 66.175.235.97, wget files from Replit dev domain
v2.0.0
Prior sessions
Panel App Installer
Panel Application
WHM dashboard — server stats, account management, service controls
cPanel per-account panel — domains, email, files, databases, SSL
License validation page at WHM → License
hstPanel daemon running on port 8443 (HTTPS only); port 8080 redirects to 8443