Pelican Panel vs Pterodactyl
Both are self-hosted games - administrative utilities & control panels projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.
| Pelican Panel | Pterodactyl | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 74/100 | 67/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 385 | 92 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 111 | 33 |
| Stars | 2.3k | 9.3k |
| Latest release | 16 Aug 2026 | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Built with | PHP, Docker | PHP |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 1 GB |
Pelican Panel
Web application for easy management of game servers, offering a user-friendly interface for deploying, configuring, and managing servers, server monitoring tools, and extensive customization options (fork of Pterodactyl).
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 58% of tracked projects; popularity more than 52%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
Pterodactyl
Management panel for game servers, with an intuitive UI for end users.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 28% of tracked projects; popularity more than 78%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
How to read this
Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.
What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.
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