desktop app · linux
Server Lab.Manage your servers with clicks. See every command.
A desktop app for Linux that brings your local VMs, VPS and dedicated servers into one dark workspace. Every button shows the exact command it runs and where it runs — so you move faster without losing control, and learn what happens under the hood.
why server lab
One workspace for the whole fleet
Local VMs and remote servers look and work the same — and you always see what is really happening.
One workspace for everything
Local KVM virtual machines and remote VPS or dedicated servers over SSH, side by side in one dark, focused window.
Transparent by design
Every action shows its exact command and where it runs — your computer, a VM or a remote server — streaming live into the built-in console.
Safe by default
Destructive actions always ask first and name the target. SSH keys only, no stored passwords, nothing sensitive written to logs.
Built for real work
Hosting panels, many sites on one server, WordPress at scale — Server Lab finds them, checks them and tells you which one needs attention.
what it does
From a blank VM to a live site
Build servers, run the software on them and move WordPress between local and live — all with clicks.
Local lab (KVM / libvirt)
Spin up VMs from cloud images in one dialog — Ubuntu, Debian, Rocky, Alma and more — then set IPs, resize, snapshot and back up, even while running.
Remote servers over SSH
Add any VPS or dedicated server with an SSH key and work on it just like a local VM, with a built-in key manager to create and install keys.
The whole machine
Files, transfer, editor, users, health, databases, backups, cron, firewall and live logs — plus WordPress tools for every site without opening wp-admin.
30+ automation recipes
LAMP, LEMP, WordPress, HestiaCP, Docker, Let’s Encrypt, fail2ban and more — one click, or your own scripts, run across many machines at once.
Lab ↔ Live for WordPress
Pull a live site into a local VM in minutes, work safely, then publish back — backups first, URLs rewritten, automatic rollback if it does not answer.
Monitor
SSL expiry and uptime for all your domains, with desktop notifications — so a certificate never lapses on a Friday night again.
coming next
Already on the workbench
What is landing in the next releases.
Docker & app catalog
Full container management, plus one-click Uptime Kuma, n8n, Nextcloud and WordPress behind an automatic-SSL reverse proxy.
Live system monitor
An htop-style view of processes, CPU per core, memory and swap — with sort, search and kill from the list.
Network & Ansible
Measure bandwidth between any two machines with iperf3, and run your own Ansible playbooks against your inventory with a dry run.
Try it free for 30 days.
Install it on your Linux machine, connect a server or spin up a VM, and licence it through the Kernel Labs shop when you are ready.