Pterodactyl
Pterodactyl® is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 18
- age_days: 3923
- days_rel: 19
- days_push: 19
- n_releases_24m: 14
Adoption not part of the score
9178 stars · 2662 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. It runs game servers in isolated Docker containers with strict resource limits and exposes a secure, user-friendly web UI for administrators and players.
Use cases
- host a minecraft server with a web panel
- manage multiple game servers from one dashboard
- run a game server hosting company
- isolate game servers in docker containers
- give players self-service game server control
- host teamspeak or cs:go servers at scale
When to choose
- you need a secure, scalable panel for running many game servers
- you want per-server docker isolation and resource limits
- you run a hosting business or community network of game servers
When to avoid
- you only need a single game server with no multi-user management
- your host runs Windows or LXC/OpenVZ virtualization without nested container support
- you need a general-purpose VPS control panel rather than game servers
Facets
application · maturity active
web-framework container-runtime deployment gui self-hosted developer-tools gaming-tools self-hosted web-development self-hosted go php python game-server-management docker-orchestration hosting-panel minecraft control-panel wings-daemon devops containers linux docker web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pterodactyl/panel · fetched 2026-08-28 · 76b161266953
- homepage: https://pterodactyl.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · d505a891fcb8
- site_page: https://pterodactyl.io/community/about.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6da391ca77db
- site_page: https://pterodactyl.io/project/about.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ec47a0b4c80b
- site_page: https://pterodactyl.io/wings/1.0/installing.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 388f5421b3ba
- site_page: https://pterodactyl.io/project/introduction.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · c686c25b0333
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pterodactyl/panel | main | 98 |
| pterodactyl/wings | backend | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="pterodactyl/panel")
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