IPTV panel comparison

checked Oct 29, 2026

IPTVOS vs XUI.one

XUI.one publishes no release notes, and third parties report no release after 1.5.13. What a provider on XUI.one gets with IPTVOS – with sources.

  • Swiss-based
  • Panel hosted and updated by IPTVOS
  • 30-day money-back guarantee

At a glance

  • IPTVOS

    Active

    €9 / month
  • XU

    XUI.one

    No updates

    ≈ £50–80

The short version

  1. 1Actively developed, with signed releases that reach a hosted panel automatically
  2. 2A commercial vendor with support, a free trial and a money-back guarantee
  3. 3The same Xtream Codes API and M3U for your customers’ apps, in five languages, with a shop built in

Point by point

Every cell with its source. Numbers are public sources; [H] is our hands-on test of the panel. “Not documented” means neither a source nor our test could settle it.

CriterionIPTVOSActiveXUI.oneNo updates
Price and risk
StatusActive · Oct 2026No release since 1.5.13[H]
Entry price (incl. VAT)€9 / month≈ £50–80[H]
Yearly discountYesNo[H]
Free trial40 days, freeNo[H]
Money-back guarantee30 daysNo[H]
Unlimited linesYesYes[H]
Operation
ModelHostedSelf-hosted[4][H]
Update deliveryAutomaticNone since 1.5.13[H]
Commercial vendor and supportYesNo[H]
Signed releasesYesNot documented
Data locationYour main serverYour servers
Stack and runtime
Language and web stackGoPHP 7.4[13][14][H]
Runtime support statusGo, PostgreSQL 18PHP 7.4 (end of life)[13][14][12]
Server OSUbuntu 24.04 LTSUbuntu 18.04 / 20.04[4]
Public CVEsNone in the NVD[10]None in the NVD[10]
Features
Load balancersUnlimitedYes[H]
EPGYesYes[H]
Catch-up / timeshiftYesYes[H]
VOD automationSearch, download, importFolder only[H]
Branded Android TV app (also phones/tablets)Your own appNo[H]
VPN inside the appWireGuardNo[H]
MAG / Stalker portalCustomisableStandard[H]
TranscodingYesYes[H]
Web playerYesYes[H]
VPN / proxy detectionYesBasic[H]
Online shop for your linesBuilt inNo[H]
Interface languages5 languagesEnglish[H]
E-mail to your customers
Customer e-mails (sign-up, access data, reminders)Built in, own SMTP unlimitedNo[H]
E-mail templates with placeholdersYesNo[H]
Newsletter editor and statisticsEditor, audiences, opens and clicksNo[H]
Safety and incidents
Two-factor authenticationYesNo[H]
PasskeysYesNo[H]
Incident management with notificationsBuilt in, all plansNo[H]
Cloud backupEncrypted, with usNo[H]
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Checked on Oct 29, 2026. Products change – tell us if something is out of date.

What IPTVOS does differently from XUI.one

Seven points where the design differs – not a score, a description. The sources are in the table below.

  • Hosting model

    IPTVOS hosts the panel; XUI.one is installed by a script on the operator’s own Ubuntu 18 or 20 server.

  • Updates

    IPTVOS ships signed releases and applies them to the panel. XUI.one publishes no release notes; third-party guides report no new releases after 1.5.13.

  • Stack and security

    A Go binary and PostgreSQL 18 versus PHP 7.4 (unsupported since November 2022), Nginx, MariaDB 10.6 and Python tools. Cracked XUI.one builds circulate publicly; IPTVOS has no licence to crack – the panel runs with us.

  • Customer app

    IPTVOS builds your own app in every plan; XUI.one has a standard MAG portal and a web player, but no branded app.

  • VOD automation

    Automatic search, download and import with TMDB metadata; XUI.one only watches a folder.

  • VPN

    A WireGuard tunnel inside the app; XUI.one documents no VPN for viewers.

  • Support and risk

    Tickets, a 40-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee. XUI.one offers none of these: licences (about £50–80) come through resellers, without vendor support or refunds.

In short

A panel without release notes and, by third-party accounts, without new releases gets no fixes and no answers. IPTVOS implements the Xtream Codes API and the MAG portal your customers’ devices already use, so the move changes nothing for them – and the 40-day trial on a fresh server lets you check that before you commit.

Switching to IPTVOS

  • Existing customer apps keep working: IPTVOS implements the Xtream Codes API and M3U
  • Channels migrate through the M3U import, with review, duplicate detection and EPG matching
  • A 40-day trial on a fresh server allows a full evaluation before the move

Security

A hosted Go binary vs a self-hosted PHP panel: who patches what

All three other panels are PHP applications served by Nginx on a server the operator runs. That is not a flaw in itself – the question is how fixes reach the server and how much of the attack surface the operator must maintain.

  • The panel is one compiled Go binary per role: there is no interpreter and no folder of scripts the web server executes, so a dropped file is not a running backdoor.
  • The panel server is ours and isolated per customer; IPTVOS applies every release to it. With a self-hosted PHP panel the operator is responsible for the OS, PHP, Nginx, the database and the panel itself.
  • Your servers accept only Ed25519-signed packages and roll back automatically when a release does not come up – no licence file to crack and no cracked build to install.
  • A runtime nobody patches is the real risk: Xtream UI installers ship PHP 7.3, unsupported since December 2021; XUI.one does not document its PHP version; 1-Stream is on a current PHP but the operator must install the updates.

The NVD lists no CVE for any of the four panels. We do not claim unpatched vulnerabilities in other products; the comparison is about who maintains the stack and how fixes are delivered. [10]

IPTV panel alternatives

Providers looking for a replacement usually arrive from one of these panels. What changes, and what stays the same, for each.

Xtream Codes alternative

Xtream Codes was shut down in 2019. IPTVOS implements the Xtream Codes API, M3U and the MAG portal your customers’ devices already use, so apps keep working after the move – in a hosted Go panel instead of a PHP panel on your own server. [5] [6]

1-Stream alternative

1-Stream is maintained, but self-hosted, from €120 a month plus VAT and without a trial. IPTVOS is hosted for you, costs €9 a month and adds VOD automation, a branded app and a VPN inside it.

IPTVOS vs 1-Stream

Xtream UI alternative

Xtream UI runs on PHP 7.3, unsupported since 2021, and nobody maintains it. IPTVOS speaks the same API, imports your M3U with review and EPG matching, and is updated by its vendor.

IPTVOS vs Xtream UI

FAQ

Questions about IPTV panels

How we compared

Two kinds of evidence, both marked in every cell: public sources – vendor websites, release notes, repositories and press – each numbered and linked, and our own hands-on tests of each of the four panels [H], carried out in October 2026. Where a vendor documents nothing, the hands-on test decides; a free trial or a yearly discount that a vendor does not publish counts as not offered. Last checked on Oct 29, 2026; tell us if something changed.

Sources

  1. [4] GitHub – XUI.ONE community tutorials (community reports, install on Ubuntu 18.04 / 20.04)
  2. [13] YouTube – XUI.one installation walkthrough (PHP 7.4, Nginx, FFmpeg, MariaDB)
  3. [14] iptvtools.io – XUI.one install guides (PHP 7.4, MariaDB 10.6, Python tools)
  4. [H] IPTVOS hands-on comparison, October 2026 (the operator’s own tests of each panel)

[H] marks what we tested ourselves on an installation of the panel; the numbers mark public sources.

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