Pelican Panel is an open-source game server management platform that enables gaming communities and hosting providers to deploy, configure, and operate multiplayer servers for titles like Minecraft, Palworld, and Counter-Strike within secure, containerized environments. Administrators can provision dedicated game servers in seconds using modular configuration eggs, allocating precise CPU cores, memory thresholds, and disk quotas to prevent resource contention across noisy neighbors. Players and server operators access an interactive web console featuring live terminal output, instant power state toggles, and direct command execution over secure WebSockets. An integrated file browser enables operators to upload server modifications, edit configuration scripts with syntax highlighting, and decompress archives without opening an external terminal. Built-in scheduling pipelines automate recurring tasks such as world backups, daily server restarts, and mod updates based on custom cron expressions. Multi-tenant permission controls allow guild leaders to invite co-administrators and grant granular privileges for restarting daemons, reviewing console logs, or managing database credentials without exposing the host system. Operators can also provision external SFTP endpoints, attach secondary IP allocations, and trigger webhook alerts whenever container health anomalies occur. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Why keep a Java runtime on the server just to host Minecraft, when Pumpkin runs from a single native executable and lets Java and Bedrock players share a world? Java Edition clients join on port 25565 and Bedrock clients on 19132, although Bedrock support is still marked work in progress. Builds exist for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. On launch, the console reports the worlds loaded and the server ready within milliseconds. Plugins are sandboxed WebAssembly modules that raise console permission prompts and pass signature checks, and authors can write them in Rust, Kotlin, Python, Go, C#, C/C++, D, Zig, or TypeScript. The ppm package manager searches and installs community plugins from the Pumpkin Market, and PatchBukkit loads some Bukkit and Paper plugins, with expected gaps. One pumpkin.toml file holds ports, MOTD, view distance, whitelist, authentication, compression, PvP, chat, resource packs, and world options, while chunks save in Anvil, Linear, or the native Pump format. Velocity and BungeeCord forwarding fit proxy networks, and the Query protocol plus Minecraft Server Management Protocol cover monitoring and remote administration. A public parity tracker lists every vanilla block, entity, item, and command as implemented, partial, or planned, so gaps are easy to spot before a world moves. Today it suits private survival worlds, test servers, and plugin development. It is early software, so the project advises backups. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Transform folders of DRM-free PC installers and retro game archives into a browsable, cover-art-rich digital storefront with Gameyfin, a self-hosted video game library server for LAN parties, homelabs, and family networks. Point the server at your mounted storage directories and its automated scanner indexes game archives, executables, and multi-part installers while showing real-time progress and estimated completion times. Bundled metadata plugins pull game synopses, release dates, developer credits, screenshots, and high-resolution box art from IGDB, Steam, and SteamGridDB according to your configured provider priority. Players can browse collections by genre or platform, inspect detailed game pages, and download installers directly through their web browser or via a built-in BitTorrent tracker and seeding client that distributes bandwidth across LAN participants. Administrators can manage multiple isolated libraries, trigger quick or full folder scans, customize UI themes including colorblind-accessible palettes, and enforce single sign-on via OAuth2 and OpenID Connect identity providers. Every cover image and metadata record is cached locally on disk so offline LAN events keep full browsing and download functionality without internet access. Built-in Prometheus actuator endpoints expose library and runtime metrics for infrastructure monitoring dashboards. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Created in March 2026 and rapidly gaining traction in self-hosting communities, DockPanel delivers the most feature-dense free server panel available — 811 API endpoints, 153 one-click Docker app templates across 14 categories, and full multi-server management, all running on three Rust binaries consuming under 50MB of combined RAM. The panel handles the complete server lifecycle: sites with automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt, MySQL and PostgreSQL databases in Docker containers, Git push-to-deploy using Nixpacks for automatic language detection without Dockerfiles, blue-green zero-downtime deployments with automatic rollback on failed health checks, DNS management, mail servers, monitoring dashboards, and encrypted backups to S3, SFTP, Backblaze B2, or Google Cloud Storage. Security receives production-grade attention with per-image CVE scanning that gates deployments, a built-in WAF, passkey authentication alongside Argon2 password hashing, HttpOnly JWT sessions with blacklist-on-logout, rate limiting on auth endpoints, and fail2ban integration — all verified through an 18-vulnerability pentest with zero remaining issues. Infrastructure as Code support exports your entire server configuration to YAML, and the developer CLI provides status, diagnose, and export commands for automation. GPU passthrough enables AI workload hosting, reseller accounts support white-label branding for agencies, and ARM64 compatibility covers Raspberry Pi and Oracle Cloud free-tier deployments. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

ServerKit delivers a server control panel that fits on a small VPS while managing everything from Docker containers to mail servers. The Python/Flask backend exposes 1,519 REST endpoints across 107 blueprints with full OpenAPI documentation at /api/v1/docs, while the React frontend spans 65 screens in a 1.75MB gzipped bundle served entirely from your own infrastructure. Docker management includes full container lifecycle control, Docker Compose project orchestration, real-time log streaming, and terminal access. Database panels cover MySQL/MariaDB and PostgreSQL with user management, browser-based query consoles, and automated backups to S3, Backblaze B2, or local storage. Nginx virtual host management automates Let's Encrypt certificate provisioning with hardened TLS 1.2+ configurations and Cloudflare-aware setups. The Go-based cross-platform agent enables multi-server fleet management with HMAC-SHA256 authentication over a WebSocket gateway, supporting Linux, Windows, and macOS across amd64 and ARM64 architectures. Fleet monitoring provides cross-server heatmaps, metric comparison charts, alert thresholds, anomaly detection, and capacity forecasting. A built-in marketplace distributes 106 one-click application templates using a declarative YAML schema with Docker Compose stacks. The extension system allows community plugins for Kubernetes management, Redis browsers, and WordPress site orchestration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Backed by over 36,000 GitHub stars and 120 contributors with 123 releases since 2022, 1Panel has rapidly become the go-to open-source alternative to cPanel and Plesk for modern Linux server management. The platform delivers a clean Vue.js dashboard powered by a Go backend using the Gin framework, providing visual management of Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes without touching the command line. Its curated app marketplace offers one-click installation of 165+ trusted open-source applications including Nextcloud, Bitwarden, Umami analytics, WordPress, and NocoBase, each running in isolated containers for maximum security. Native AI capabilities set 1Panel apart from every competing panel: deploy Ollama LLMs directly from the dashboard, spin up OpenClaw personal agents, monitor GPU utilization, and manage AI models through a unified interface. Website management includes automatic domain binding, Let's Encrypt SSL certificate provisioning, and Nginx configuration with zero manual setup. Security runs deep with built-in firewall rules, fail2ban integration, container isolation, WAF protection, and comprehensive audit logging enabled from day one. Automated backups support AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and local storage with one-click restore from any snapshot. The panel supports Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Rocky Linux across x86_64, aarch64, armv7l, ppc64le, and s390x architectures. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Created by the developer behind Uptime Kuma and carrying over 23,000 GitHub stars, Dockge brings the same clean, reactive design philosophy to Docker Compose stack management with a web interface that makes Portainer's compose handling feel like editing YAML in a terminal over SSH. The interactive editor provides syntax highlighting, inline validation, and a live preview of your compose.yaml files while keeping every stack stored as a standard file on disk in /opt/stacks by default, meaning you can seamlessly switch between the web UI and the docker compose CLI without lock-in or proprietary database formats. Real-time WebSocket updates stream pull progress, container start/stop transitions, and build output directly to the browser with no polling delays. The built-in web terminal opens a shell session inside any running container for quick debugging, while the docker-run-to-compose converter transforms single-container run commands into proper compose.yaml definitions with one click. Multi-agent support introduced in version 1.4.0 connects multiple Docker hosts to a single Dockge dashboard, enabling centralized management of stacks distributed across different servers. Image update detection shows which stacks have newer versions available, and one-click updates pull the latest images and recreate containers without manual intervention. The stack is a single Docker container running on Node.js with Socket.IO for reactivity and stores no external database. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Docker deployment reimagined as an app store: browse a visual catalog of applications, click to deploy with sensible defaults, and customize ports, volumes, and environment variables only when you need to. Point Yacht at any Portainer-compatible template JSON URL and it parses every application into a browsable, searchable interface with pre-configured settings ready for one-click launch. The template framework is fully decentralized — anyone can host template files on GitHub, a personal server, or any URL, creating a community-driven ecosystem of deployment packages without central gatekeeping. Template variables prefixed with ! automatically substitute server-level settings, so !config resolves to your configured path across every deployment without repetitive manual editing. The Python backend handles container lifecycle — start, stop, restart, kill, removal — while streaming real-time logs, providing browser-based shell access, and monitoring resource statistics through the Vuetify dashboard. Docker Compose stacks sit alongside individual containers in the same management interface. Advanced editing lets you modify port mappings, volumes, environment variables, and restart policies on running containers without redeployment. The develop branch introduces agent-managed remote host support for expanding management to additional Docker hosts. Authentication can be disabled for environments behind external proxies like Authelia or Traefik forward auth. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. CC-BY-4.0 licensed.

Arcane gives you a single polished dashboard to manage Docker containers, images, volumes, networks, and Compose projects across unlimited remote hosts. The SvelteKit frontend paired with a Go backend delivers real-time resource monitoring with historical graphs, container lifecycle controls including shell exec and live log streaming, and one-click Docker Compose deployment with Git repository synchronization for version-controlled stack definitions. The manager-agent architecture connects remote environments via Direct TCP on port 3553 or Edge mode where agents initiate outbound gRPC/WebSocket connections through NAT and firewalls without requiring inbound ports, all secured with mTLS certificates. Vulnerability scanning identifies security issues in running container images directly from the interface. The backup system enables scheduled container snapshots with configurable retention for disaster recovery. Network and volume administration includes visual relationship mapping between services, and the responsive interface supports dark/light themes with full mobile optimization and community-driven internationalization via Crowdin. 6,500+ stars and 89 releases since April 2025 reflect a rapid development cadence. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-3-Clause licensed.

Komodo puts every server, container, and deployment pipeline behind a single dashboard where you build, ship, and monitor Docker workloads across unlimited hosts. Lightweight stateless agents install on each connected server and report CPU, memory, and disk metrics back to the Rust-powered core, giving you real-time visibility without heavyweight monitoring stacks. Docker Compose stacks deploy directly from the UI or link to Git repositories with webhook-triggered automatic redeploys on push. A built-in CI pipeline compiles versioned Docker images from source, with optional AWS spot instances for burst build capacity. For orchestration at scale, Docker Swarm management handles node configuration, service deployment, and multi-node stack orchestration from the same control plane. Browser terminal sessions open persistent named shells on servers and inside containers, complete with shared team access and scriptable Actions that chain executions into multi-stage procedures. Infrastructure-as-code support defines all resources declaratively in TOML files within a Git repository, keeping production state version-controlled and auditable. Granular role-based access control with user groups, per-resource permissions, and OAuth through GitHub and Google keeps teams operating within defined boundaries. A full OpenAPI specification, dedicated CLI, and typesafe client libraries for Rust and TypeScript make programmatic integration straightforward. With 12,000+ stars and active development, the community continues expanding multi-architecture builds and Swarm tooling.

Does your container fleet silently fall behind on upstream patches until a critical vulnerability advisory forces an emergency audit? What's Up Docker continuously watches standalone Docker daemons, Compose stacks, Swarm services, Kubernetes workloads, and Nomad jobs to detect new image tags across public and private registries before sending alerts or rolling out updates automatically. Watchers connect over local sockets, TLS-secured TCP endpoints, kubeconfigs, or Nomad APIs to inventory active workloads without invasive sidecars. From there, registry connectors authenticate against Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry, AWS ECR, Google Artifact Registry, Azure Container Registry, Quay, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo, and self-hosted OCI registries to compare digests and tags. Flexible filtering rules let you restrict alerts to major, minor, or patch semantic version increments, match custom regular expressions, or pin specific tag patterns per container label. Once an eligible release appears, over thirty built-in triggers can dispatch notifications to Discord, Slack, Telegram, Matrix, Mattermost, Gotify, Ntfy, Pushover, Apprise, PagerDuty, or SMTP, publish events to MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS, or recreate containers directly on demand. A responsive web dashboard and REST API provide manual update controls, OpenID Connect single sign-on with role-based access control, and Prometheus metrics for Grafana observability. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Tugtainer delivers a visual command center for Docker environments that automates container image updates, monitors registry releases, and manages application lifecycles across multiple servers without command-line intervention. System administrators can inspect running containers across all connected hosts, trigger immediate image pulls, and configure automated cron schedules for recurring health and registry checks. Flexible update policies allow teams to flag production databases as notification-only while automatically updating stateless web applications whenever new image tags publish. When updating linked services, the platform analyzes Docker Compose project definitions and custom dependency labels to stop and restart containers in strict dependency order, preventing broken network links and orphaned volume mounts. Administrators can authenticate private container registries, browse image layers and tags, and view real-time container log streams directly within the browser console. Automated pruning jobs continuously reclaim server disk space by deleting obsolete, untagged images and dangling build layers after successful deployments. Multi-channel alerting integrates with over fifty notification providers, delivering real-time update summaries and error warnings directly to Discord, Telegram, Slack, and email webhooks. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Reaching 24,000 GitHub stars within two years of its first commit in July 2024, Beszel delivers Netdata-grade monitoring dashboards from a single Docker container with no Prometheus stack, no external database, and no complex configuration — just a one-binary hub on PocketBase (SQLite embedded) and a sub-15 MB agent per host that auto-discovers Docker and Podman containers on contact. The agent connects outbound via WebSocket or SSH tunnel, requiring zero open ports on monitored servers and zero manual network configuration. Per-host metrics cover CPU usage, memory with swap and ZFS ARC breakdown, disk I/O across multiple partitions, network throughput, load average, sensor temperatures, battery charge, and GPU utilization with power draw for Nvidia, AMD, and Intel cards — features that competitors lock behind paid tiers. S.M.A.R.T. disk health including eMMC wear indicators and Linux mdraid array status surface hardware degradation before failures occur. Container statistics track CPU, memory, and network history per container with automatic discovery as new containers start. Configurable threshold alerts notify via email, Discord, Telegram, ntfy, Pushover, Gotify, Matrix, Mattermost, Signal, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Twilio when metrics exceed defined limits. Multi-user accounts with OAuth/OIDC authentication let teams share monitored systems with role-based access, while automatic backups persist data to disk or S3-compatible storage. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

ServerBee delivers complete fleet monitoring from a single Rust binary that embeds both the server and web UI, requiring no external database or heavy runtime. Lightweight agents installed on each node stream CPU, memory, disk, network, load, temperature, GPU, and disk I/O metrics over persistent WebSocket connections to a central server backed by embedded SQLite. The real-time React dashboard presents 17 drag-and-drop widget types across custom layouts, with historical charts spanning one hour to 30 days and monthly traffic statistics with billing-cycle prediction and cost insights including burn rate and per-resource unit cost scoring. Network monitoring covers ICMP, TCP, and HTTP ping probes, service monitors for SSL certificates, DNS records, HTTP keyword matching, TCP ports, and WHOIS expiration, plus network-quality probing across 96 China 3-ISP and international presets with IP-quality and streaming-unlock detection. Remote management features include a web terminal with sandboxed file manager, Docker container stats with logs and events, firewall configuration, and agent auto-update capabilities. Public status pages display 90-day uptime timelines, while alerting supports email and webhook notifications with flexible trigger expressions. A native iOS companion app provides mobile monitoring access. Deploy via Docker or download the single binary for Linux, macOS, or Windows, running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.