Note:
This development of this build is live again. A bugfix release is coming due the currently known errors. Pull requests are welcome and will still be accepted. If you want to see a feature, feel free to contribute it. Thanks to @greenreader9 for answering people's questions and solving their issues while i was gone.
Xera is a hosting account and support management system especially designed to work with MOFH (MyOwnFreeHost). Xera currently has a limited number of features which are listed below:
- User Management
- Theme Management
- Support Management
- Administrative Access
- Integration With:
- MOFH (MyOwnFreeHost)
- Google reCAPTCHA
- CryptoLoot
- hCaptcha
- Cloudflare Turnstile
- GoGetSSL
- ACMEv2 (Let's Encrypt, ZeroSSL and Google Trust)
- SitePro
- SMTP
- Update Manager
- Multi-lingual
Your server needs to meet the following minimum requirements to run Xera:
- PHP v8.1 or above.
- MySQL v5.7 or above.
- A valid, trusted SSL certificate.
The installation of Xera is much easier than you think!
- Download the Xera installation files here. Alternatively, if you want the latest development version you can get it here.
- Extract the file and upload the contents to your web hosting account.
- Create a new database for Xera.
- Go to
https://{your.domain}/{xera-directory}/install.php
and click on the 'Get Started' button. - Set your website's
Website URL
,Cookie Prefix
, enableCSRF Protection
and hit the 'Next Step' button. - Edit the database credentials and click on the 'Next Step' button (this will automatically import tables and records to the database).
- Register an admin account and log in to your admin panel.
- Replace the logo and favicon located in
assets/default/img/
with your own. - Setup SMTP (see below for some services you can use).
- Refer to Setup Guide
Here are some widely used SMTP services. They have free plans with some limitations, most importantly though, they are compatible with Xera.
Note
Mailgun seems to offer only a trial plan for a month, and without adding a credit card you are only authorized to send emails to 5 recipients. Therefore, you may want to choose another service.
You can open an issue here if you have discovered a bug or have an issue. In any way, please ensure your topic has not been previously discussed, and if it has contribute to that discussion instead of making a new one when you can.
If you like project Xera please donate here.
This build is created and maintained by Mehtab Hassan. Code released under the GPL-2.0 license.