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Softaculous

What Is Softaculous?

Programming and Web Development is a very time consuming process. Softaculous aids you in saving quite a lot of time by providing readymade scripts and classes as well as providing their quick installation. Thus, Softaculous allows you to concentrate on other important parts of your application and web development by focusing on using apps rather than spending time on their installation.


Softaculous is an auto installer for cPanel and DirectAdmin that provides faster way of installing complex applications, scripts or programs in just one single click of the INSTALL button. It provides 324 great scripts and 1115 PHP Classes for installation under one umbrella. Softaculous does everything from copying the files to creating a database allowing a user to just sit back and relax!


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Advantages Of Softaculous

Softaculous is very easy to integrate and it works on many web hosting control panels, including cPanel, DirectAdmin, Plesk, H-Sphere, ISP System and Interworx.


Softaculous provides demo of most of its 324 scripts and apps so users can get a quick overview before installing them. As these demos allow users to take an overview, they can easily compare 'n' number of competitive scripts and install the best one among them.


Softaculous not only performs single click auto-installation of scripts, but it also performs complex functions like backing up database or backing up user's entire website with just a single click of a button.


Softaculous can also import any of the scripts it maintains even if it was not installed by Softaculous through a very fast and simple process.


It can also Import data of the installed scripts from other auto installers. The user can also choose which scripts to import from other auto installers. Once imported, Softaculous will be able to maintain the scripts for future updates.


Softaculous provides an easier and faster way to update their installed scripts regularly and in one single click. Updated scripts mean new features and better security.


Softaculous allows installation of web applications on the go. With the usage of FTP protocol, Softaculous can easily install web applications on user's website.


Softaculous keeps on adding more scripts regularly so that the users get all the latest and updated scripts and apps. Softaculous also maintains users' ratings and reviews so as to help the end users in making a wise choice.


Softaculous allows users to choose the most suitable script for their website from a wide range of categories like Blogs, Forums, CMS, Image Galleries, Social Networking, Mails, E-Commerce, ERPs, Frameworks and much more.


Software Installs In Less Than 60 Seconds!

Your software auto install with Softaculous couldn't be easier. Below are sample instructions explaining just how easy it is to use our auto installation tool.


  1. Log into your cPanel control panel.
  2. Click the Softaculous icon.
  3. Select the software application you want to install.
  4. Set where you want the software to be installed, your username and a password.
  5. Click INSTALL… That's it!

It has over 396 scripts and these cover most of the software that a customer may need to power his/her website. Let’s discuss them in detail:


  1. Create amazing website/blog: If you want to create a beautiful website or blog, you can use WordPress, Joomla or Magento from Softaculous. These scripts provide thousands of plugins and themes with the ease of usage and flexibility to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Softaculous also provides PHP-Fusion which is an open-source content management system that uses MySQL database to store your site content. It offers theme.php and styles.css to create themes and you can use them on your website, without much hard work.
  2. Run online store/e-commerce website with ease: Softaculous provides open source PHP e-commerce solutions like AbanteCart, PrestaShop, CubeCart, Magento etc. They allow users to customize themes as per their requirements and add new features through add-on modules. With these applications, you can run your online business efficiently and sell tangible or digital products online to the customers globally. They provide new ways to heighten user engagement, conversion rates, smooth navigation, and overall revenue generation.
  3. Manage your business processes most efficiently: With the ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning software, you can use the system of integrated applications to automate your back office functions related to services, technology, and human resources. With Softaculous, you will get these open source industry specific application software – Vtiger, FrontAccounting, Zurmo, OrangeHRM and more, engineered for accuracy, speed, and user friendliness.
  4. Manage customer data and interaction: With Softaculous, you will get customer service solutions for every business size. You can install Vision Helpdesk, phpOnline, Live helper chat, HelpDeskZ, and so on for live customer support system on your website using PHP+MySQL+Flash to operate. They are highly scalable, customizable and the best to manage business contacts, clients, contract wins and sales leads.
  5. Effective business communication with webmail: Softaculous provides open source web mail scripts like WebMail Lite, SquirrelMail, phpList, Webinsta Maillist, RoundCube and much more written in PHP with all functionalities including strong MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) support, address books, message searching, folder manipulation, and spell checking. You can manage the settings of your system without manual editing config files with these scripts.
  6. Create the global platform for communication: To create online bulletin board services in which users with the common interest can exchange open messages, Softaculous provides various PHP based applications. They are SMF (Simple Machine Forums), MyBB, phpBB, Phorum, Beehive, and so on. All these scripts provide the ability to create custom profile fields with support for multiple database management systems, including MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and other ODBC-accessible DBMS. You also get various DB tools in Softaculous as shown in below screenshot.
  7. Manage classifieds/advertisements on your website: Softaculous provides scripts to create ad or listing sites like OSClass or OpenClassifieds. With Revive Adserver, you can serve ads on your websites and in video players, and can collect detailed statistics about clicks, impressions, and conversions.
  8. Create an e-learning site: There are Moodle, Chamilo, eFront, DoceboLMS, and many more scripts available in Softaculous that can be used for blended learning, distance education, and other e-learning projects in various sectors to achieve learning goals.