FreedomCP private beta: SaaS control panel for Python & PHP apps on Ubuntu (opens in new tab)

Hi, cofounder here. It's not open source. The FreedomCP agent that runs on your servers is written in Python and can be audited but most of the code resides on our side as it's a hosted service.

Thanks for signing up. We plan to keep the basic app and server management free. What you see in the current private beta will all remain free.

Pricing is a hard question to answer before we're ready to commit to it. At the moment, we're focused on learning what people need and continuing to improve our free tier. Definitely let us know (support@freedomcp.com) if there is specific functionality you'd like to see.

I definitely understand your security concerns. My background is actually in security research. The architecture we're implementing will prevent arbitrary code execution on your servers if we were compromised by ensuring only signed code is executed. And, of course, code signing will be done offline.

Relatedly, here's some of my research on creating software update and deployment systems that are resilient to compromise:

https://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jsamuel/papers/survivable-key...

Thanks for testing us out and for the positive words.

We don't do any additional server hardening at the moment. Our focus on security right now is primarily on the security of our software and how we configure services. Depending on demand, we'll consider how soon these additional features are added.

We'll be adding more documentation soon and that will include architecture and security docs that explain exactly how FreedomCP works and what gets installed. Some of those details are in flux as we're still early in development. Feel free to email support@freedomcp.com with specific questions until we have more documentation.

Also, we're looking for people passionate about both server management and security. If anyone's interested, check out our jobs page at https://angel.co/freedomcp/jobs