The Softaculous Instant Installer lets you install WordPress, Drupal, and other web applications from inside cPanel without touching a command line. It also lets you maintain, update, remove, back up, and restore those applications from the same screen.
All Shared Hosting plans, including Hosting for WordPress, include Softaculous, and so do Managed VPS plans. Dedicated Server customers and customers on older VPS plans can purchase a Softaculous license in the Account Management Panel (AMP).
Important: The list of applications you see in Softaculous depends on your hosting plan. Shared Hosting and Hosting for WordPress servers offer a curated selection of about 200 Softaculous applications, and that selection is what this article lists. The full Softaculous catalog includes some applications that shared plans do not offer, such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, Movable Type, and Revive Adserver. VPS and Dedicated Servers with Softaculous installed have access to the full catalog.
To confirm what is available on your own account, log in to cPanel and open Softaculous Apps Installer in the Software section. Browse the categories in the left menu or type an application name in the search box.
The categories that follow list the installable software in Softaculous on Shared Hosting and Hosting for WordPress plans, verified in September 2026. The list may change as Softaculous adds and retires applications.
Softaculous Programs Included With Shared Hosting
Ad Management
Blogs
Calendars
Customer Support
DB Tools
E-Commerce
| AbanteCart | Blesta | ClientExec | CubeCart |
| Invoice Ninja | InvoicePlane | LiteCart | Open Source Point of Sale |
| OpenCart | osCommerce | PrestaShop | Quick.Cart |
| SeoToaster | Shopware | Thelia 2 | thirty bees |
| WhatACart | WHMCS | Zen Cart |
Educational
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
| ChurchCRM | Dolibarr | EGroupware | EPESI |
| EspoCRM | FrontAccounting | Group Office | IceHrm |
| OrangeHRM | SuiteCRM | Tine 2.0 | Vtiger |
| webERP | YetiForce |
File Management
Forums
Frameworks
Image Galleries
Libraries
Mails
Polls and Analytics
Portals/CMS
Project Management
| Admidio | Bugs | Feng Office | Kanboard |
| Mantis Bug Tracker | ProjeQtOr | qdPM | Rukovoditel |
| Snipe-IT | SOPlanning | Traq | WebCollab |
| ZenTao |
RSS
Social Networking
Wikis
Others
Programs Available on VPS and Dedicated Servers
On a VPS or Dedicated Server with Softaculous, the installer offers the full Softaculous catalog. That catalog includes every application in the Shared Hosting list plus applications that shared plans do not offer, such as Nextcloud, ownCloud, Movable Type, and Revive Adserver. You can browse the complete catalog on the Softaculous apps page.
Server administrators can also edit the application list in Softaculous using WHM to hide applications they do not want cPanel users to install.
Still deciding whether Softaculous belongs on your server? See Do You Need Softaculous On Your Managed VPS / Dedicated Server?
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