# pelican/panel

Repository: https://github.com/pelican/panel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pelican-panel
Homepage: https://pelican.dev
Language: PHP
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: laravel, docker, php, free, opensource, server, management, admin, panel, game, hacktoberfest, egg, pterodactyl, filamentphp, pelican
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:09:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 64
- inputs: {"age_days": 897, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 17, "gap_med": 22.0, "n_releases_24m": 29}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2271, forks 312 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:33.157763+00:00)

## What it is
Pelican Panel is a free, open-source game server control panel forked from Pterodactyl, built with Laravel and FilamentPHP. It provides a modern web UI for creating and managing game servers that run in isolated Docker containers via the Wings daemon.

## Use cases
- host a minecraft server for friends
- self-host game servers with a web control panel
- run a game server hosting company
- manage multiple game servers in docker containers
- migrate from pterodactyl panel
- run steamcmd game servers like palworld or ark
- give community members one-click game server installs

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source Pterodactyl alternative with a modern UI
- you need Docker-isolated game servers on Linux
- you host Minecraft, SteamCMD, or standalone game servers for a community or as a provider
- you want Pterodactyl API compatibility and egg compatibility

## When to avoid
- you need a production-stable release - Pelican is still in beta
- your host uses OpenVZ, LXC, or Virtuozzo virtualization without nested Docker support
- you rely on Pterodactyl Blueprint extensions, which are incompatible
- you need Windows support - Wings requires Linux

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, container-runtime, self-hosted, gui, developer-tools
- domain: gaming-tools, self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted, php
- tags: game-server-panel, pterodactyl-fork, wings, docker-containers, minecraft, steamcmd, eggs, hosting-providers, filamentphp, laravel, devops, containers, linux, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- pelican/panel (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.157763+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:41:48.535343+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pelican/panel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:33.157763+00:00, sha b17d2d48e64a)
  - homepage: https://pelican.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.973588+00:00, sha ee9bae6e67e0)
  - site_page: https://pelican.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.982750+00:00, sha 7fd790cfc7a4)
  - site_page: https://pelican.dev/docs/panel/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.993327+00:00, sha 64279b601c35)
  - site_page: https://pelican.dev/docs/wings/install (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.995233+00:00, sha 8a62d436c9f4)
  - site_page: https://pelican.dev/docs/guides/ssl (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.997216+00:00, sha 541d1d15314d)
  - site_page: https://pelican.dev/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:19.984654+00:00, sha fae19384f389)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.