Pterodactyl vs Sunshine
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.
| Pterodactyl | Sunshine | |
|---|---|---|
| Health score | 67/100 | 84/100 |
| Commits (11 mo) | 92 | 632 |
| Commits (last 3 mo) | 33 | 211 |
| Stars | 9.3k | 42k |
| Latest release | 14 Aug 2026 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | PHP | C++, deb, Docker |
| Typical RAM | 1 GB | 2 GB |
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
Sunshine
Remote game stream host for Moonlight with support up to 120 frames per second and 4K resolution.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 69% of tracked projects; popularity more than 95%. 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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