1Panel vs Zoraxy
| Tagline | Modern Linux server and web-app management panel with app store deploys | General-purpose HTTP reverse proxy and forwarding tool with web UI |
| Category | Self-Hosting Platforms & PaaS | Self-Hosting Platforms & PaaS |
| Replaces | Heroku, Render | Heroku, Netlify, Render |
| GitHub stars | 36k | 5.3k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | GPL-3.0 | AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 2/5 Easy |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | Docker Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | today | yesterday |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
1Panel
- More of a server/hosting control panel than a git-push PaaS; no native buildpack or git-deploy pipeline.
- No horizontal autoscaling or clustering across nodes.
- Documentation and community are strongest in Chinese; English resources lag.
- No managed cloud option or edge/CDN.
Zoraxy
- No application deployment or build pipeline capabilities
- Advanced load balancing algorithms (least-connections, consistent hashing) are absent
- Plugin and extensibility ecosystem is minimal compared to NGINX or Caddy
- High-availability and clustering configurations are not officially supported
Bottom line
Both are a similar lift to self-host; choose 1Panel for the larger community and ecosystem. 1Panel has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.