Jen Kea DHCP Management Console is a free, GPL v3 web interface for managing ISC Kea DHCP Server. Operators can manage leases, reservations, subnets, and infrastructure from a browser, with a dashboard for subnet utilization, lease activity, server status, HA state, and alerts. Lease tools include filtering, release, stale-lease cleanup, conversion of dynamic leases to reservations, and CSV import or export. Subnet and pool changes are applied over SSH after Kea validation, a host-side backup, multi-server preflight, and rollback protection. Optional IPv6 support covers leases, devices, reservations, pools, timers, and metrics. Alert channels include Pushover, Telegram, Slack, ntfy, Discord, email, and webhooks; plugins add options such as network discovery and local DNS synchronization. Jen uses MySQL or MariaDB for Kea data and connects through a Control Agent or direct daemon sockets. Deployment options include an installer for Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 and Docker. The project targets homelabs and small businesses managing a handful of servers, rather than large fleets.
Who it is for
Jen suits homelab and small-business operators managing a handful of Kea servers. It is not designed for large fleets.
What is good
- Dashboard shows utilization, activity, server status, and alerts.
- Lease tools include CSV import and export.
- Optional IPv6 support includes leases and subnet pools.
- Supports role-based access, MFA, passkeys, and audit logs.
- Offers Ubuntu installer and Docker deployment.
What to know first
- Designed for a handful of servers, not large fleets.
- Requires ISC Kea with MySQL or MariaDB.
- No dedicated security team or paid support.
- No professional external penetration test.
Verdict
Jen brings lease, subnet, reservation, and access-management functions into a browser interface for smaller Kea deployments. Its stated scale target and limited security staffing are important considerations.
Jen Kea DHCP Management Console plans and pricing
All plansCompared on DHCP management software
- Deployment
- on-premises
- Reservation management
- Yes
- DHCPv6 support
- Yes
- DHCP failover
- Yes
- Audit logs
- Yes
