From the blog
Beta New in HostBill 2026-10-19

Meet Frontier,
the new HostBill admin panel

A cleaner, faster and fully responsive admin area built on Bootstrap 5 - with the same menus, links and workflows you already know, so your team feels at home from the first click.

Preview any page with one click - and switch back to the default theme just as easily.

Frontier admin dashboard in light mode

Open beta, for everyone

Frontier ships with HostBill 2026-10-19 for every installation. Preview it page by page or make it your admin theme - your data and settings stay exactly the same.

Familiar by design

Page layout, menus and links follow the previous theme, so switching takes minutes, not training sessions.

The future default

Frontier will replace the default theme. Before it leaves beta, add-on modules get their screens updated to match its style.

What's new

Everything you do daily, made faster and calmer

New capabilities across the whole admin area - from the first screen you see to the emails your clients receive.

New

Dark mode

One click in the header switches the entire admin - lists, forms, charts and dialogs - to a carefully tuned dark palette. Easy on the eyes during late-night shifts.

  • Remembered per browser, toggled any time
  • Readable contrast in both modes, not just inverted colours
Dashboard in light mode Dashboard in dark mode
New

Smart search, built for the keyboard

Press ⌘ K (or Ctrl K) on any page. Find clients, services, domains, invoices and tickets, jump to any admin page or run a command - without touching the mouse.

↑↓
move through results
Tab
switch result category
↵
open - ⌘↵ in a new tab
>
start with it to run a command
Esc
close
Smart search palette with grouped results
New

KPIs at a glance

The dashboard opens with the numbers that run your business: MRR, active accounts and domains, new orders, churn and open tickets. Each comes with a trend line and the change against the previous period.

  • Switch between the last 24 hours, 7, 30 or 90 days
  • Hover a sparkline to read any day's value; click a tile to open the list behind it
  • Drag, collapse and refresh the widgets below to build your own home screen
Dashboard KPI strip: MRR, active accounts and domains, new orders, churn and open tickets
New

Responsive, down to your phone

Approve an order, answer a ticket or check today's income from anywhere. Every screen adapts from a wide desktop monitor to a phone, with menus, sidebars and tables that rearrange themselves.

  • Touch-friendly menus and controls
  • Dark mode and all three layouts on mobile, too
Frontier on a phone, light mode
Frontier on a phone, dark mode
New · Layouts

Three layouts, one click apart

Pick the density that suits you from Layout in the admin header. Each staff member chooses their own.

Frontier layout
FrontierThe new look: rounded cards, icons and roomier lists.
Frontier condensed layout
Frontier condensedThe new look, denser - more rows on every screen.
Legacy layout
LegacyColours, fonts and density of the previous theme, for an easy transition.

Bootstrap 5 - without leaving your plugins behind

Frontier is built on a modern Bootstrap 5 foundation, with a compatibility layer that keeps existing plugins and modules written for the previous theme working as they are.

Bootstrap 5.3Bootstrap IconsPlugin compatibilityLight & dark tokens
New · E-mail

4 ready-made email designs

Give client emails a polished look in seconds. Pick a design under Settings → Messages → Mail customization and it loads straight into the HTML wrapper editor - email-safe, mobile-friendly and easy to tweak.

Default email wrapper
DefaultHostBill's original wrapper
Clean card email wrapper
Clean cardLight background, rounded content card
Branded header email wrapper
Branded headerDark header band with name and subject
Minimal letter email wrapper
Minimal letterPlain white, accent bar, letter style
Redesigned

The screens you live in, rebuilt

The busiest parts of the admin got new layouts that put the important things first.

Support ticket details

Support ticket details

A conversation view that reads like a chat, with everything around the ticket at hand.

  • Client and staff messages clearly separated; internal notes stand out
  • Pinned and sensitive replies, attachments and long quotes folded
Task list management

Task list management

See the health of every automation task at a glance and act on problems straight away.

  • Healthy, overdue, stuck, failed and disabled filters with live counts
  • Tasks grouped by schedule; run, edit or disable from one row
Statistics and reports with pinned charts

Statistics & reports

Pin the statistics you care about to your own overview. Every staff member builds their own view.

Configuration with setting search

Configuration

Easier navigation through system settings, plus search that finds and highlights any setting as you type.

API key permissions grouped by area, with allowed-method counts and search

Staff & API access

Browse API key permissions by area, with allowed-method counts and instant search. Staff privileges work the same way, with sensitive ones clearly marked.

Polished everywhere

Small things that add up

There is no form or section in the admin that hasn't been improved.

Password field with generator

Password generators

Show, copy or generate a strong password that follows your password policy, right in the field.

Vertical settings menu

Vertical settings menus

Long settings pages get a side menu, so you jump straight to the section you need.

Module settings in a modal

Module settings in modals

Configure payment, domain and other modules in a focused dialog, without losing your place in the list.

100s

of smaller improvements

Clearer forms, better labels, toggles instead of checkboxes, consistent dialogs and date pickers - across every screen.

Try Frontier today

It's already in your HostBill. Take it for a spin. Nothing changes for your clients, and you can go back with one click.

1Update HostBill

Frontier ships with HostBill 2026-10-19 and every release after it.

2Preview any page

Click “New admin look available: preview this page” at the top of the admin area.

3Make it yours

Set it for good in Settings → General Settings → Other → Admin Area template.

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