So this was wonderful news.  While I was setting up my InstaFree VPS I visited VestaCP Forum to see how they were doing, and noticed most of the old Admin were back. Their names appeared against a number of current postings.  Looks like VestaCP has decided to redevelop its script with effect of February 2024.

We are happy to announce that Vesta is back under active development as of 25 February 2024. We are working on v1 candidate and expect to engage more with the community over the coming months. We are committed to open source, and we encourage contributors to help us build the future of Vesta.

I also noticed the names of Admin against recent posts that have developed forks of the VestaCP script including the authors of HestiaPanel.  I’ve been using MyVestaCP  for a good number of years since VestaCP.  Regrettably it became neglected around 2020 and it appeared as though the script was no longer being updated.  This created a very big upheaval among many VestaCP users who had experienced hackings and some of the Web hosts refused to allow the script on their servers.

I used the VestaCP script well beyond 2020, however when the VestaCP Forum became deathly quiet with only very occasional posts by the owner, I heard of the MyVestaCP fork, and changed from CentOS to Debian in order to use it.  The fork is for Debian only.  The developer of the fork maintains a number of servers using VestaCP, all of which are on Debian OS.  So it is in his interest to keep the script very secure with the result that the fork is being maintained to very high security standards.