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Game server control panels

Pelican Panel

Rank
#9 / 32
Score
7.2
Price
Free
Runs on
API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web
Free plan
Yes
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At a glance

Pelican Panel is ranked #9 of 32 in game server control panels on VGSources. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Pelican Panel plans and pricing

All plans
Pelican Panel Free Free to use forever Self-hosted game server control panel pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on game server control panels

Free plan
Yespelican.dev
Supported games
Minecraft, Terraria, Palworld, Valheim, Enshrouded, Factoriopelican.dev
Deployment model
self_hostedpelican.dev
Server provisioning
Yespelican.dev
Mods and plugins
Yespelican.dev
Role access controls
Yespelican.dev

Facts

Purpose
Pelican is a free game server control panel for managing game servers through a web interface.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Open source
Pelican says its code is open source on GitHub and the panel is free to use forever.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Docker isolation
Each game server runs in its own Docker container, which Pelican describes as isolated.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Games
The site names Minecraft, Terraria, Palworld, Valheim, Enshrouded, and Factorio among the supported games.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Security
Pelican’s homepage says it natively supports SSL, two-factor authentication, and AES-256 encryption.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Installation
The panel is designed to run on a webserver and its setup includes a web installer.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Supported webservers
The documentation lists Apache, NGINX, and Caddy as supported webservers.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Supported server operating systems
The Wings documentation lists supported Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and CentOS versions.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Windows limitation
Pelican’s Wings software does not work on Windows operating systems.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Setup prerequisite
The getting-started guide says users should have basic familiarity with Linux before proceeding.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Beta status
The documentation says Pelican is currently in beta and that things may change or break between beta versions.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Backup integrations
Server backups can use local storage through Wings or AWS S3-compatible storage for remote backups.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
Login protection
The panel can enable CAPTCHA on its login page to help protect against brute-force attacks, with Cloudflare Turnstile listed as the default option.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026
APIs
Pelican documents an Application API for server configuration and a Client API for features users normally interact with.pelican.dev · 4 Oct 2026

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