Helmsman HQ
● Self-hosted server control panel

Calm, secure server management.

Helmsman gives you one clean place to provision sites, issue certificates, run databases, schedule backups, and harden security across your servers — without the clutter of a traditional admin panel.

Everything to run a fleet of sites

Each server and web app gets isolated users, its own PHP-FPM pool, and clear day-to-day controls.

Sites & WordPress

Provision a site or one-click WordPress in seconds — each isolated as its own system user and FPM pool.

SSL & PHP/FPM

Free Let's Encrypt certificates with auto-renewal, plus per-app PHP directives and FPM process tuning.

Databases

Create and manage MariaDB databases and users, with phpMyAdmin available per site when you need it.

Backups to your cloud

Encrypted, scheduled backups to your own object storage, with retention and one-click restore.

Security hardening

Firewall, brute-force protection, key-only SSH, and automatic security updates — checked at a glance.

Monitoring & alerts

Live CPU, memory, disk and service health, with instant notifications when something needs you.

Notifications you actually want

Helmsman sends transactional email only to its own account holders — server up/down alerts, backup success and failure notices, security alerts, sign-in (2FA) codes, and password resets. No marketing, no bulk mail, no lists. Every message is triggered by your own servers or your own actions.