Pelican Panel
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pelican Panel, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pelican Panel's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pelican Panel | Free | Self-hosted game server control panel · Free to use forever |
The facts
Each one read from Pelican Panel's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- APIs
- Pelican documents an Application API for server configuration and a Client API for features users normally interact with.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Backup integrations
- Server backups can use local storage through Wings or AWS S3-compatible storage for remote backups.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Beta status
- The documentation says Pelican is currently in beta and that things may change or break between beta versions.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Docker isolation
- Each game server runs in its own Docker container, which Pelican describes as isolated.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Games
- The site names Minecraft, Terraria, Palworld, Valheim, Enshrouded, and Factorio among the supported games.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The panel is designed to run on a webserver and its setup includes a web installer.checked 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.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Pelican says its code is open source on GitHub and the panel is free to use forever.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pelican is a free game server control panel for managing game servers through a web interface.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- Pelican’s homepage says it natively supports SSL, two-factor authentication, and AES-256 encryption.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Setup prerequisite
- The getting-started guide says users should have basic familiarity with Linux before proceeding.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supported server operating systems
- The Wings documentation lists supported Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, and CentOS versions.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supported webservers
- The documentation lists Apache, NGINX, and Caddy as supported webservers.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Windows limitation
- Pelican’s Wings software does not work on Windows operating systems.checked 4 Oct 2026
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