Choosing a free alternative for CPanel.

Hi,

I have a good experience in Linux but I'm new at DevOps stuff like performance, defending DDoS, high uptime & ...

I don't want use any paid server control panel like cPanel or DirectAdmin, even cracked version. First because I don't have enough money, second because my beautiful country is under US sanctions and we don't have access to almost all of paid services. Sometimes even free services.

My project is Laravel-vue-MySQL on a Ubuntu VPS.

What I should choose for a free control panel? Ajenti or Froxlor? Webmin? ISPConfig?

I like to hear about your experience.

What you suggest? Am I should go vanilla-linux and don't use any control panel at all and do stuff manually?

Thank you for your help.